Psidium

  • Psidium sp., a
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Psidium sp., a guava (Family Myrtaceae) berries in two stages of seed eruption from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality A. Left) Specimen 26 millimeters high with seeds still encapsulated and on top of pod (FMNH PP54659). Right) Erupting berry (FMNH PP53580).
Catalog Number: PP 54659
Taxonomic Name: Psidium
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Morphology: Seeds
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Collector: L. Grande
EMu IRN: 2304649
Occurrence ID: 0fcfc596-82d5-423b-a04b-dc2e4c336091

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