Excellent
Allophylus flexifolia Fossil Leaf from the Green River |
|
Name:
Allophylus
flexifolia
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf is 3” in length.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: The Green River Formation is known for the excellent
quality of preservation of its fossils. This leaf is no exception.
It is one of the most representative of all the fossil leave species
found in the Green River Formation. It is beautifully detailed,
with excellent color and contrast.
Price: $50.00 - Code PFP253 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
Excellent
Large Five Lobed Sycamore Leaf Fossil from Utah |
|
Name: Platanus
wyomingensis (sycamore)
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf is 4 1/2” in length on a 7” x 5 ¾”
plate.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: The Platanus found in the Green River Formation have
between three to eight lobes. This is a large five lobed specimen.
It exhibits a deep dark chocolate color, contrasting beautifully
against the gray matrix. The venation is excellent and the full
petiole is intact. A smaller inverted and unidentified leaf
runs parallel to the petiole of the Sycamore leaf. The Green
River Formation holds one of the world’s richest depositories
of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic vegetation. My provider
alone shows over seventy species he collects. Surely there are
many more found. Not only is the variety of plant life phenomenal,
the preservation is often superb. The Green River fossils I
am offering are collected with the permission of the property
owner on privately held land.
Price: $145.00 - Code PFP202 - Free postage in the USA
- Purchase
|
|
Legume
Leaf Fossil from the Green River Formation |
|
Name:
Legume
sp.
Family: Fabaceae
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf is 2 1/2” in length on a small plate.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: Legumes such as this one have a simple, though distinctive
looking leaf. Obviously, this is a very rare find and would
be of great interest to the specialist collector of G.R. flora.
The Green River Formation is known for the excellent quality
of preservation of its fossils.
Price: Sold - Code PFP241 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase
|
|
Large
Impressive Populus wilmattae Green River Leaf Fossil |
|
Name:
Populus
wilmattae (poplar)
Age: Eocene
Size: The specimen is 4 1/2” in length, including the
stem.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: The Green River Formation is known for the excellent
quality of preservation of its fossils. This leaf is no exception.
It is one of the most representative of all the fossil leave
species found in the Green River Formation. It is beautifully
detailed, with excellent color and contrast. Note the excellent
venation and long fully complete petiole. The plate is solid
and would make a nice display or collection piece. I’ve
never seen a more perfectly preserved specimen of this species.
Price: $110.00 - Code PFP239 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase
|
|
Paleocene
Ginko adiantoides Fossil Leaf |
|
Name:
Ginko
adiantoides
Age: Paleocene
Size: The leaf is 3” in length.
Fossil Location: Sentinel Butte Fm., Morton County, North Dakota.
Comments: Perhaps the favorite fossil leaf of collectors is the
Ginko. This one has an unusual silver color which contrast wonderfully
against the background matrix.
Price: $125.00 - Code PFP250 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
Detailed
Populus wilmattae Green River Leaf Fossil |
|
Name:
Populus
wilmattae (poplar)
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf is 2 3/16’ in length, including the stem.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: This is a beautifully detailed Poplar leaf. Note the excellent
venation.The Green River Formation holds one of the world’s
richest depositories of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic
vegetation. My provider alone shows over seventy species he collects.
Surely there are many more found. Not only is the variety of plant
life phenomenal, the preservation is often superb. The Green River
fossils I am offering are collected with the permission of the property
owner on privately held land.
Price: $40.00 Code #: PFP208 Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
Fine
Cedrelospermum Leaf from the Green River Formation |
|
Name:
Cedrelospermum
nervosum
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf measures 2 1/8” on a small plate
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: The Cardiospermum genus consists primarily of herbaceous
vines. One of today’s living species is considered as an invasive
species in the Southern USA! This specimen has excellent preservation,
a deep dark chocolate color and is well centered on a small plate.
The Green River Formation holds one of the world’s richest
depositories of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic vegetation.
My provider alone shows over seventy species he collects. Surely
there are many more found. Not only is the variety of plant life
phenomenal, the preservation is often superb. The Green River fossils
I am offering are collected with the permission of the property
owner on privately held land.
Price: $45.00 - Code PFP222 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
Rare
Mimosites Leafy Branch from the Green River Formation |
|
Name: Mimosites
coloradensis
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf measures 2 1/8” on a small plate .
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: This exceptionally well-detailed Mimosites branch has
15 full to partial leaves. Branches with leaves are highly desirable
by plant collectors for their aesthetics, complexity and rarity.
This would be fine addition to the specialist collector’s
holdings.
The Green River Formation holds one of the world’s richest
depositories of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic vegetation.
My provider alone shows over seventy species he collects. Surely
there are many more found. Not only is the variety of plant life
phenomenal, the preservation is often superb. The Green River fossils
I am offering are collected with the permission of the property
owner on privately held land.
Price: Sold - Code PFP223 - Free postage
in the USA - Purchase |
|
Intricate
Lygodiumi (climbing fern) leaf from Bonanza Utah |
|
Name: Lygodiumi
kaulfusslii (climbing fern)
Age: Eocene
Size: The leaf is 2” in length on a small plate.
Fossil Location: Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation,
Bonanza Area, Utah
Comments: This is an example of the Schizaeaceae (Curly Grass Family)
family. The brown color is a fine contrast to the light shale matrix.
The extant examples are true climbers that twine 60-90 cm high on
saplings along watercourses from Florida to New England, as a result
of introduction from native locations in Europe and Asia. This is
a remarkably detailed example showing the venation quite clearly.
The plate is solid and would make a nice display or collection piece.
The Green River Formation holds one of the world’s richest
depositories of fossil leaves, plants, vines and aquatic vegetation.
My provider alone shows over seventy species he collects. Surely
there are many more found. Not only is the variety of plant life
phenomenal, the preservation is often superb. The Green River fossils
I am offering are collected with the permission of the property
owner on privately held land.
Price: $65.00 - Code PFP209 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
Large
Polished Madagascar Petrified Display Wood |
|
Conifer Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida.
Age: Triassic
Size: The leaf is 2” in length on a small plate.
Fossil Location: Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Comments: This finely polished and lustrous specimen
shows a wide array of brown, red and tan hues. It is a limb or trunk
section. Giving the wood slab another dimension of interest is the
outer petrified bark. It would make a unique decorative piece, or
splendid addition to your fossil collection. Madagascar produces,
by far, the largest commercial, and most affordable quantity of
brown petrified wood sold on the world market.
Price: $180.00 - Code PFW15 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase |
|
|
|