Green River Formation Flower and Cranefly Association

Astronium sp Flower

Family Anacardiaceae

Cf Pronophlebia redivivia

Order Dipera, Family Limonidae

Geological Time: Middle Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 7 mm across by 9 mm high Matrix: 53 mm X 55 mm

Fossil Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Code: PL58C

Price: $45.00 - 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 plaque displays a nice example of a flower in association with 3 craneflies. This flower is known Astronium of the family Anacardiaceae whose extant members include the cashew, mango, and smoke tree. The craneflies are members of the Limonidae, most likely Genus Pronophlebia.

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