Saturday, September 15, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - SF0116: SUNFISH


FOSSIL NO:SF0116
AGE:54-37 million years
TERM:Eocene
LOCATION:Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA



LIVING SPECIMENS:


OTHER INFORMATION:
Seas in our day have many species of sunfish. The fossil pictured shows that sunfish have not evolved. For millions of years their physiology has remained the same. The appearance and structure of sunfish that lived about 50 million years ago are the same as those alive today.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous18:36

    See previous post about starfish. The last 2 comments sum up your identicle ignorant theory.

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