11" Fossil Leaf Plate - Green River Formation, Utah

Fossil Leaf Plate - Green River Formation, Utah #118009

This is a fossil leaf plate from the Green River Formation, Utah. It contains a 2.4" willow (Salix) leaf, two Mimosites leaflets, the largest .6" and a 2.4" poplar (Populus) leaf. Mimosites are a genus in the family Mimosaceae a flowering plant in the order Fabaceae, the legumes. Other fossils in this plate are unidentified plant material.

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

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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.

SPECIES

Salix longiacuminata, Mimosites coloradensis, Populus sp.

AGE

Eocene (~51 million years)