Fossil Stingray in Limestone Matrix

Class: Chondrichthyes, Order: Rajiformes

Genus: Heliobatis, Species: radians

Formation: Green River Formation, Thompson Quarry, Lincoln County, Wyoming

Age: Eocene Epoch, Cenozoic Period, 50 million years ago

Specimen Size: 14” by 23”, Sting Ray Length: 18”

This is an exquisite, museum quality female Stingray specimen. The preservation is superb and the preparation is precise. Very few stingrays are found which makes them rare and expensive.

If you wish to see the fossil fish bearing layers of strata in their native environment, check out Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. Or, if you want to go and dig your own fossil fish, check out Fossil Safari, Kemmerer, Wyoming. I dug fish at this quarry for 12 years, had great success, a lot of fun, and hope to go back there soon.