Zelkova

  • Cedrelospermum nervosum
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Cedrelospermum nervosum (Newberry, 1883) Manchester. 1989, an extinct member of the elm family Ulmaceae. Left top) Small leaf measuring 25 millimeters long from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality E. Specimen number FMNH PP45996. Left bottom) Winged fruit measuring 9 millimeters long from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality A. Specimen number FMNH PP46003. Right) Branch with leaves on slab with many small white ostracods (?Hemicyprinotus) from the sandwich beds of FBM Locality K. Scale is in millimeters, and specimen is number USNM 276504.
Catalog Number: PP 45996
Taxonomic Name: Zelkova
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Object Kind: Hand Specimen
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
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: 2299740
Occurrence ID: 04b59156-31d1-40ef-89ac-c7407d368c82

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