Sabalites subsp. sp.
- Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
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Description: Palm Frond Fossil specimen with Terry and Lance Grande to illustrate scalePhotographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
(c) Field Museum of Natural History
Description: Plant fossils in the FBM have no significant relief or thickness, and consequently they are usually only discovered if they split out exposing the carbonized impression of the plant. Left) Discovery of a palm frond (?Sabalites powellii) in FBM Locality A. Note how part of the frond has split out, exposed on the quarry floor. Right) A prepared palm frond of the same size as the one to the left (FMNH PP41740).Catalog Number: PP 41740Taxonomic Name: Sabalites subsp. sp.FM Catalog: PaleobotanyObject Kind: Hand SpecimenPhylum: MagnoliophytaOrder: ArecalesFamily: ArecaceaePeriod: PaleogeneEarliest Epoch: EoceneEarliest Age: YpresianFormation: Green RiverMember: Fossil ButteCoordinates Available?: NoRegion/Area: Fossil LakeCountry: United States of AmericaState/Province/Territory: WyomingCounty: LincolnTownship: KemmererEMu IRN: 2293769Occurrence ID: 58f1a847-8ac3-49eb-a238-ed6e49a8d35b
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