Sabalites_powelli_fossil_palm_frond_&_fossil_fish_(Green_River_Formation,_Lower_Eocene;_Fossil_Lake_Basin,_southwestern_Wyoming,_USA)_2_(15528731092).jpg
Summary
Description Sabalites powelli fossil palm frond & fossil fish (Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 2 (15528731092).jpg |
Sabalites powelli palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, USA. (public display, FMNH PP 53399, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA) The Green River Formation of Utah-Colorado-Wyoming is famous for having vast oil shale deposits and for having exquisitely-preserved fossils. Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming preserves and displays some of these high-quality fossils. Leaves and fish are the most common large fossils in the Fossil Lake Basin of the Green River Fm. Classification of Sabalites: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Monocotyledonae, Arecales, Arecaceae Stratigraphy: Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, upper Wasatchian Stage (Wa4)/Ypresian Stage/Lostcabinian, Lower Eocene Locality: Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA |
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Source | Sabalites powelli fossil palm frond & fossil fish (Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 2 |
Author | James St. John |
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6 May 2015