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Extremely Rare Leaf With Fossil Feather
Stock Number  FPULV02

Name:   Lindera varifolia
Age:  Eocene
Formation:  Green River
Location:  Bonanza, Utah
Size:  Leaf is 1.85 inches long including petiole.

This is an extremely rare fossil leaf from the Eocene of Utah. This is a great specimen of Lindera varifolia. The leaf exhibits very fine entire margins. The venation of the leaf is superb. This unusual leaf has a short, complete petiole attached. The Lindera has great, naturally dark, color and superb contrast with the light-colored matrix. The leaf is almost perfectly centered on the natural block of shale. In addition to the rare leaf, there is an unusual fossil feather on this matrix plate. The fossil feather exhibits great detail. This is a very interesting association plate of fossils from the Green River Shale.