Excellent Populus wilmattae Plant Fossil Leaf

Populus wilmattae (poplar)

Order Malpighiales, Family Salicaceae

Geological Time: Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Fossil leaf is 3 1/8 in length including the stem

Fossil Site: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation, Bonanza Area, Utah

Fossil Code: PFP213

Price: Sold


Populus wilmattae Plant Fossil Description: This is a beautifully detailed, colorful Poplar leaf. Note the excellent venation and long fully complete petiole. An unidentified smaller leaf with an insect bite rests along the left side of the primary specimen.

The Green River Formation holds one of the world’s richest depositories of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic vegetation. My provider alone shows over seventy species he collects. Surely there are many more to found. Not only is the variety of plant life phenomenal, the preservation is often superb. The Green River fossils I am offering are collected with the permission of the property owner on privately held land.

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