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EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - Super Serrated Sycamore
Stock Number  FPUPW23
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Name:   Macginitiea wyomingensis (Sycamore Leaf)
Age:  Eocene
Formation:  Green River Formation
Location:  Douglas Pass, Colorado
Size:  Leaf is 4.75 inches long

This is a fabulous fossil leaf. It is a large Macginitiea wyomingensis (Sycamore Leaf) from the Green River Formation of Colorado. This leaf is wonderfully complete - all five lobes of the leaf are present and beautifully displayed. But the most amazing feature of this leaf is the distinctly serrated borders. The ''saw-toothed'' margins of the leaf are easily seen, and the venation is clearly defined. A long petiole is still tightly attached to the base of the leaf. The natural, dark-brown color of the leaf contrasts strikingly with the lighter-colored matrix. The fossil is well presented on the large, semi-squared plate of shale. This is a spectacular display specimen of a serrated Sycamore leaf from the Green River Formation.

This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.