Catalpa

  • Fossil plant
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Fossil plant.
  • Fossil plant
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Fossil plant.
  • Leaf
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Leaf from a catalpa tree (Catalpa sp.) in the family Bignoniaceae. Specimen is FMNH PP55047 from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality E, measuring 274 millimeters in length.
Catalog Number: PP 55047
Taxonomic Name: Catalpa
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Morphology: Catalpa leaf
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
EMu IRN: 2305058
Occurrence ID: c776afc4-e614-4aeb-b93e-fee2b48203a1

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