Lot 1140
Two Diplomystus Fish With Signed Matrix. This pair of large 6 inch and 5 inch Diplomystus dentatus has been professionally prepared as a piece of natural artwork on a 20.75 x 13 inch natural limestone matrix. Diplomystus was a surface feeding fish with its distinctive upturned mouth and is extinct with no close living descendents. These 50 million year old Green River Fish are not the normal prepped Green River fish but are completely original and have been artistically cut out of a brownish-orange limestone matrix with a lighter cream colored matrix window cut around each fish making for a dramatic contrast. The two fish themselves have dark brown bones with the brownish-orange matrix beneath the bones making for a really beautiful presentation. This magnificent fossil fish plate has been signed by the master preparer E.G. Ulrich. For the collector wanting the very best museum quality Green River Fish Plate.
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Estimated Value $600-UP.
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