Lot 342
Stingray From Green River. The 50 million year old dry lake beds of Green River, Wyoming are famous for their exquisitely preserved fish and one of the rarest and most desirable fossil fish is the stingray. Stingrays are only rarely found and are usually not complete. This large 14 x 8 inch male Stingray is the exception in that it is 100% complete and original with no restoration. The detail of even the tiniest of bones on its bell are well detailed and the tail ends with 4 sharp stingers with their barbs visible just waiting to be used. You can tell that it is a male because of the two long claspers that extend back away from the body. Only sharks and rays possess these reproducing claspers in males. This museum quality Stingray comes from an old collection and is nicely centered on a 21.75 x 13 inch natural limestone matrix as found.
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Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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