Green River Valved Seed Pod Plant Fossil

Plantae Indet

Geological Time: Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Valved seed: 4 mm across by 13 mm long Matrix: 45 mm X 40 mm

Fossil Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Fossil Code: PL58i

Price: $35.00 - 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 fine valved seed pod. Valved seed pods often contain many tiny seeds which are dispersed when the valves of the pod open. An example would be Banksia, whose seeds are dispersed when fire opens the valves of its pod.

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