Fossil leaf - 48 million years old - Utah, USA
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48 million years old
Green River Shales, Uintah County, Utah, U.S.A.
Along the present-day Green River in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, beautifully preserved fossil leaves are found in a layer of fine-grained shale. They were preserved at the bottom of a lake that existed in the Eocene period, when this part of the U.S.A. had a wet, tropical climate.
This fossil leaf is from a species of flowering plant in the lychee family. A lovely little fossil.
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Size: 8 x 7 x 0.5 centimetres
Weight: 77 grams
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