Two Fossil Leaves With Cranefly Cluster - Green River Formation, Utah

This is two fossil leaves from the Green River Formation, Utah. The largest is a 4.4" willow (Salix) leaf and the smaller is a 1.6" Distylium, a low growing evergreen plant in the witch hazel family. This specimen also contains a cluster of at least fifteen craneflies (tipulidae).

While the Green River Formation is best know for its fish fossils, other areas produce incredible plant fossils.

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A note on Green River leaf identifications. Over 60 described leaf bearing plants have been identified from this formation, many of which have very similar leaves. We have done our best to provide identifications based on the resources available to us, but we are not paleobotany experts and cannot guarantee that all will be 100% correct.