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This irregularly shaped Collector-sized fossil fish mural was quarried from our "Knightia Lake" stone layer. which preserves evidence of a rare mass mortality event from 50 million years ago. Knightia eocaena was once an abundant schooling fish in the ancient lake, and is immortalized here. This mural captures a sudden ecological collapse, potentially caused by rapid temperature changes, an algal bloom, or seasonal oxygen loss. Each fossil is a moment frozen in time, preserving the fish in their final movements, forever etched in stone. The mural possesses extraordinary detail that is so precise, it includes a small March Fly captured along with the fish.