拍品 25
拍品 25
A PARTIAL FOSSIL PALM FROND

GREEN RIVER, WYOMING

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GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
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A PARTIAL FOSSIL PALM FROND

GREEN RIVER, WYOMING

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From the Eocene (circa 50 million years ago), a partial specimen of Sabalites sp. with restorations to missing regions, placed in limestone matrix.
65 x 40 x 214in. (165 x 102 x 6cm.)
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James HyslopHead of Department, Science & Natural History
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The palms of the Green River Formation represent a flora bordering a warm freshwater lake 50 million years ago. Plant material is amongst the rarest in the fossil record, and these palms are amongst the largest and finest preserved, rarely surviving intact.

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