0.9" Detailed Cedrelospermum Nervosum Fossil Plant Leaf Eocene Age Green River UT
Location: Green River Formation, Uintah County Utah
Weight: 4.4 Ounces
Dimensions: 3 Inches Long, 2.5 Inches Wide, 0.6 Inches Thick (Plate)
Leaf Dimensions: 0.9 Inches Long, 0.2 Inches Wide
The item pictured is the one you will receive.
This is a genuine fossil.
Eocene Age 56 million years ago
The Cardiospermum genus consists primarily of herbaceous vines. One of today’s living species is considered an invasive species in the Southern USA! This specimen has excellent preservation, a deep dark chocolate color
Fossil representatives were abundant in shales of the early Middle Eocene of the Green River Formation in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, and it is clear that the family was an important component of vegetation that surrounded the large lakes in which these shales were deposited.
