3" Fossil Fern Leaf (Lygodium) - Green River, Utah

Fossil Fern Leaf (Lygodium) - Green River, Utah #256827

This is a plate of a 3.0" fossil climbing fern (Lygodium) from the Green River Formation, Utah. It shows incredibly detailed preservation. Lygodium is a genus of climbing fern, unique in that each frond forms a long vine. In addition to the fern leaf is an unidentified partial leaf.

While the Green River Formation is best know for its fish fossils, other areas produce incredible plant fossils.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

A note on Green River leaf identifications. Over 60 described leaf bearing plants have been identified from this formation, many of which have very similar leaves. We have done our best to provide identifications based on the resources available to us, but we are not paleobotany experts and cannot guarantee that all will be 100% correct.