Ceratophyllum

  • Green River Fossil
    Photographer: Dov Scher : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: verify and describe specimen Individual Green River fossil specimens.
  • Ceratophyllum
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Ceratophyllum, an aquatic plant in the family Ceratophyllaceae. Top) Ceratophyllum muricatum Chamisso 1829, from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality G, specimen number FMNH PF12455. This is one of the few well-preserved FBM species that is currently classified as a subspecies of a species still living today (Herendeen et al., 1990). Length is 260 millimeters. On slab with ?Knightia eocaena (tip of tail showing in lower left corner). Bottom) Ceratophyllum sp., an undescribed species from the 18-inch layer of Locality FBM Locality A. Specimen is FMNH PP43940 with a length of 200 millimeters.
Catalog Number: PP 43940
Taxonomic Name: Ceratophyllum
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Object Kind: Hand Specimen
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Ceratophyllales
Family: Ceratophyllaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Morphology: fuzzy leaf
Lithology: Laminated, whitish to buff colored layers of limestone
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Region/Area: Fossil Lake
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Township: Kemmerer
Collector: L. Grande
EMu IRN: 2297542
Occurrence ID: 5029ede5-8d03-4203-8cf4-75f5ff080330

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