Iron County Record | 1936-12-03 | Page 2 | 120,000,000 Year Old Fish Found in Texas Rock

Year Old Fish Found in Texas Rock BERKELEY CALIF A fossil deep water deep water perch first of its kind to be found in North America has been received bythe by bythe bythe the museum of paleontology o othe of f the University of California The specimen was found near neat the e town of McKinney y Texas by W. W W. W Pruett It was in the center r of a limestone rock dug from under r the foundation of an old monument Breaking of the rock revealed th the e specimen In appearance the specimen t is s similar to that of the present-day present perch except that it was a marine e fish living in deep waters It was wa s about six inches in length and waa was wa wasa s a swift swimmer Linked With Kansas Fossils The specimen which belongs t to o the cretaceous geologic period o of f about years ago helps help s to complete the picture of marine marin e life me as it ft then existed off oft the cogs coast t of this continent according to C C. J J. J Hesse liesse research assistant in th the e museum here Fossil fish of the same geologic c epoch have been found in abundance abundance dance in western Kansas Mr Ir Hess Hessa e i said But Dut the they are mostly near near- i shore fish The present discovery discover y I is one of the few water deep ter fis fish h of the period to be found in Nor North th America I u