Lomatia

  • Lomatia plant fossil
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Lomatia plant fossil, Paleo Plant
  • Lomatia plant fossil
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Lomatia plant fossil, Paleo Plant
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    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: A small multilobed leaf resembling the Australian genus Lomatia (Family Proteaceae) from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality E. Specimen is FMNH PP45981, which measures 41 millimeters in length
Catalog Number: PP 45981
Taxonomic Name: Lomatia
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Object Kind: Hand Specimen
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
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: 2299725
Occurrence ID: 107997a8-41fc-4cc1-ba2f-cbca8f1a55b4

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