Typha

  • Green River Fossil
    Photographer: Dov Scher : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Cattail Typha sp. 10 inches. Early Eocene (50 million years ago) Wyoming, USA Geology Specimen # PP33654 Individual Green River fossil specimens.
  • Typha sp.
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Typha sp., an undescribed species of cattail in the family Typhaceae. Specimen number FMNH PP33654 from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality G. Length of head is 180 millimeters
Catalog Number: PP 33654
Taxonomic Name: Typha
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Poales
Family: Typhaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Region/Area: Fossil Lake
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Township: Kemmerer
EMu IRN: 2277960
Occurrence ID: b6582758-8751-4a75-9751-53bd0c31157b

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