Pharodus testis, Green River Fish Baryonyx boa constrictors

boa constrictors

The generic name of Pterichthyodes refers directly to their odd wing-like appendages ("pterichthys" being a compound crassis word from Ancient Greek for "wing-fish")

These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time

this was unlike the ones seen in most relatives

Ozarkcollenia sp

Pharodus testis, Green River Fish Baryonyx boa constrictorsSpectacular Replica Fossil Fish Phareodus belongs to the osteoglossids, which are represented today by the Arawana. Arawana are found in tropical and semitropical fresh waters of South America, central Africa, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. Phareodus means: phare to hve, odus tooth. Phareodus lived during the Eocene Epoch and is about 55 million years old They can be found in the fine grained limestone layers of the world famous Green River