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Name:
Multiple Leaf Plate
Age: Eocene
Formation: Green River Formation
Location: Douglas Pass, Colorado
Size: Plate is 10.6 inches tall
Here is a very unusual plate of fossil leaves from the Green River Formation of Colorado. There are three different leaves on the plate. The multi-lobed leaf at the top of the plate is Macginitiea wyomingensis, a Sycamore Leaf. This leaf has all five lobes preserved with tips intact. This Sycamore leaf still has the petiole attached and exhibits fine detail. At the bottom of the slab is a very large Salix cockerelli (Willow) leaf. Between the two large leaves is a small branch of Mimosites leaves. The fossils have great color and contrast and are nicely presented on the semi-rectangular plate of shale. This is a very displayable plate of different fossil leaves from Colorado.
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