Green River Formation Damselfly Insect Fossil

Name: Odonata; Zygoptera

Geological Time: Middle Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 25 mm Matrix: 57 mm by 80 mm

Fossil Site : Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Code: IN045

Price: $85.00 - sold

The Green River Formation deposits of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah are best known for their immaculately-preserved fish, but other examples are known as well, as this specimen attests. This fine piece displays an example of the Damselflies, a relatively rarely-seen group of insects in the Green River Formation. The Odonata and its precursors have been around since the Carboniferous, and used their large eyes to hunt for their prey.

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