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Comptonia sp.
Sweet Fern
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0814 2982 (2014-08-26)Copyright © 2014 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Jun 12, 2014
location
Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer (Lincoln County, Wyoming, US)family
Myricaceae
order
Fagales
class Spermatopsida
notes Fossil Sweet Fern. These plants lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. This fossil is preserved in the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone.keywords: Geology, Earth Science, Paleontology, Cenozoic, Eocene
camera Canon EOS 7D, 28mm, f/8.0, 1/15 sec.
photo category: Fossil - Plant
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