Wapiti Lake
This site contains Triassic fossil fishes ranging from small minnow-sized creatures to a bergeria that is two meters long.
AlbertoniaA short fish with long front fins Albertonia is a member of the Parasemionotiformes, the group of fish thought to be ancestral to modern bony fish such as salmon, perch and goldfish. |
 Albertonia Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
 Albertonnia Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
BoboasatraniaA deep-bodied fish with long fins and a deeply forked tail. Bobasatrania vary in size from a few centimeters to nearly a meter in length. |
Bobasatrania Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
Boreosomis |
 Boreosomis Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
MonotisBelonging to the bivalves, a group of mollusks, monotis are creatures with a shell that has two halves that are hinged together. Monotis are one of the most commonly found bivalves. |
 Monotis Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
IchthyosaurIchthyosaurs are an extinct group of porpoise-like marine reptiles. Their body shape and skull structure suggests they were fast-moving predators, much like the dolphins of today. Ichthyosaurs have also recently been discovered at the Pink Mountain site. |
 Ichthyosaur Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
 Ichthyosaur Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
PaleobatesPaleobates, a form of prehistoric shark, is known mainly from teeth and the tooth-like projections on its skin. |
 Paleobates Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
Parasemoinotid |
 Parasemoinotid Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
PerleidusAn early Triassic fish. |
 Perleidus Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
SaurichthysBy the shape of this saurichthys, scientists can tell that it was the type of fish that ambushed its prey. Its cylindrical body offered little resistance, and this fish was able to snap up its prey with its long and slender jaw. |
 Saurichthys Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
WhiteaWhiteia is a coelacanth, which first appeared in the Devonian period and survives to the present. Thought to be extinct, a coelacanth was discovered alive and well, swimming off the shores of Madagascar in 1938. Whiteia is one of the most common fish at the Wapiti Lake site. |
 Whitea Photo courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
Pteronisculus |
 Pteronisculus Photo courtesy of the Royal British Columbia Museum [RBCM.EH.86.1.10 b] |
Watsonulus |
 Watsonulus Photo courtesy of the Royal British Columbia Museum [RBCM.EH.90.7.156] |