Oligocene Holly Plant Fossil from Utah

Name: Ilex sp. (American Holly)

Age: Oligocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Matrix 80mm x 95mm

Location: Skull Rock Pass Conglomerate, Millard County, Utah

Code: PL012

Price: $45.00 - sold

This is a superb fossil specimen from a very little known locality. Note the detail in the American Holly leaves, and how they wrap around the matrix.

The flora at this locality is similar to that of Florissant Colorado. Research has estimated that the paleotemperature averaged 56 degrees F during the Oligocene. The rock is a limestone from a lacustrian environme

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