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ATFollow for daily content:-@nexyllo The post showcases a video of a gloved individual splitting a limestone slab in Wyoming's desert, revealing a remarkably preserved Knightia fossil, a herring-like fish from the Eocene epoch about 50 million years ago in the Green River Formation. Knightia thrived in ancient subtropical lakes surrounded by forests, predating the Himalayan uplift triggered by the India-Asia continental collision, which began around 50 million years ago. Exceptional preservation in the anoxic bottom waters of Fossil Lake captured the fish's scales and fins intact, illustrating how rapid sedimentation during quiet periods, rather than catastrophes, often yields such detailed prehistoric snapshots
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