Priscacara
Green River Formation
Eocene period
Wyoming
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The Priscacara is extinct with no modern relatives. Fossil records show that it appears to have been a schooling fish. It is easily identified by its sunfish-like body and its thick dorsal and anal spines, which may have provided protection from its being swallowed from behind. |
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