Leaf - Pseudosalix handleyi and feather
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ITEM # PLANT-GRF-0007
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Eocene - 50 mya
Green River Formation
Uintah County, Utah
ITEM # PLANT-GRF-0007
Very nice example of the fossil leaf Pseudosalix handleyi from the Eocene of Utah. Pseudosalix handleyi is a member of the Order Malpighiales, Family Salicaceae. There is a small, nicely preserved feather on the reverse side of the matrix.
Salicaceae or the willow family (although they contain more than just the willow genus, Salix) are a family of flowering plants. In addition to the willows (Salix) and poplars and aspens (Populus), the willow family (Salicaceae) now includes many genera formerly placed separately in the Flacourtiaceae.
Fossil representatives of the Salicaceae are abundant in shales of the early Middle Eocene of the Green River Formation in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, and it is clear that the family was an important component of vegetation that surrounded the large lakes in which these shales were deposited.
The partial fossil feather appears to be type of "down" feather, and is undescribed at this time. It could possibly come from a young juvenile but that is purely "speculation".
This leaf has "bug eaten" or "bug chew marks on a portion of the leaf. The slightly-serated leaf specimen measures approximately 3 7/8-inches long on a matrix measuring 5 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide. The fossil feather measures approximately 3/8-inch long.
Green River Formation
Uintah County, Utah
ITEM # PLANT-GRF-0007
Very nice example of the fossil leaf Pseudosalix handleyi from the Eocene of Utah. Pseudosalix handleyi is a member of the Order Malpighiales, Family Salicaceae. There is a small, nicely preserved feather on the reverse side of the matrix.
Salicaceae or the willow family (although they contain more than just the willow genus, Salix) are a family of flowering plants. In addition to the willows (Salix) and poplars and aspens (Populus), the willow family (Salicaceae) now includes many genera formerly placed separately in the Flacourtiaceae.
Fossil representatives of the Salicaceae are abundant in shales of the early Middle Eocene of the Green River Formation in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, and it is clear that the family was an important component of vegetation that surrounded the large lakes in which these shales were deposited.
The partial fossil feather appears to be type of "down" feather, and is undescribed at this time. It could possibly come from a young juvenile but that is purely "speculation".
This leaf has "bug eaten" or "bug chew marks on a portion of the leaf. The slightly-serated leaf specimen measures approximately 3 7/8-inches long on a matrix measuring 5 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide. The fossil feather measures approximately 3/8-inch long.