FOSSILS

Fossil leaf (Macginitiea wyomingensis), an ancient sycamore. Found in the Upper Parachute member of the Green River Shale. Eocene period, about 45 million years ago. Douglas Pass, Garfield Co., Colo. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)

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Fossil leaf (Macginitiea wyomingensis), an ancient sycamore. Found in the Upper Parachute member of the Green River Shale. Eocene period, about 45 million years ago. Douglas Pass, Garfield Co., Colo. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)

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Cenozoic
Earth Science
Eocene
Geology
Green River Formation
Hamamelidales
Macginitiea wyomingensis
Magnoliopsida
Platanaceae
Tertiary
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