Plantae

  • Palm flowers and inflorescence
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Palm flowers and inflorescence (Family Araceae). Left) Palm inflorescence, mostly stems missing flowers on slab with ?Knightia eocaena. ?Knightia measures about 110 millimeters in length. Specimen is number FMNH PP43943 from FBM Locality G. Right top) Palm flower from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality A measuring eight millimeters in diameter (FMNH PP43972). Right bottom) Another palm flower from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality A measuring eight millimeters in diameter (FMNH PP55104).
Catalog Number: PP 55104 A+B
Taxonomic Name: Plantae
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Identified By: Dr. Ian J. Glasspool : Colby College - Geology Department
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Morphology: Palm flower
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Collector: L. Grande
EMu IRN: 2305116
Occurrence ID: 70a9b1f2-6be1-4e36-9db7-a75b79e822ac

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