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LEAVES
UTAH
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Beautiful Hackberry Leaf Centered On Matrix |
Stock Number FPUCE01 |
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Name:
Celtis mccoshii
Age: Eocene
Formation: Green River
Location: Near Bonanza, Utah
Size: Leaf is 3.0 inches long including petiole.
Here is a great specimen of Celtis mccoshii, a hackberry, from the Green River Formation. The lance-shaped leaf displays very nice venation. The serrated margins of the leaf are quite distinct. A very thin petiole is attached to the leaf. The fossil has excellent color and contrast. It is almost perfectly centered on the rectangular block of matrix. This is a very fine specimen of a fossil hackbery leaf from the Eocene of Utah.
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