Green
River Formation Vertebrate Fossils
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Chelidridae
Snapping Turtle |
Icaronycteris
Fossil Bat
(oldest known flying mammal in the fossil record) |
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Green
River Formation Plant Fossils
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Acer
sp.
Green River Shale, Wardell Ranch, Colorado |
Plant
Fossils Association
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah
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Zelkova
sp.
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Platanus
wyomingensis
Green River Formation, Colorado |
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Dilodendron
foreale
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Populus
willmattae
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Leguminosites
lesquereuxiana
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Araliophyllum
quina
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
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Beetle
in a rare association with a fossil flower.
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Dilodendron
foreale
Green River Shale, Wardell Ranch, Colorado |
Cercidiphyllum
sp.
Green River Shale, Wyoming |
Lygodium
kaulfussi Climbing Fern; Family: Schizaeaceae
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
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Cardiospermum
coloradensis
Family Sapindaceae
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Palm
Frond - 5' tall
Sabalites
Green River Shale, Wyoming |
Astronium Flower and Erythrina Coral Tree
Plant Fossil Association |
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Green
River Formation Invertebrate Fossils
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Crayfish
Procambarus primaevus
Order Decapoda;
Family Cambaridae
Fossil Lake, Kemmerer, Wyoming |
Bechleja
rostrata Shrimp Order Decapoda; Family Palaemonidae
Fossil Lake, Kemmerer, Wyoming |
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Stromatolites
Chlorellopsis sp.
Middle Eocene
Green River Formation, Tipton Shale Member, Green River
Basin, Wyoming
Specimen has been polished by wind and sand.
May be of algal biogenic origin. |
Chlorellopsis
sp.
Eocene
Green River Formation, Colorado Interestingly,
this Cryptozoon type stromatolite was very likely to have
been built by plant-like green or red, algae (Chlorophycophyta),
as opposed to cyanobacteria (that are Eubacteria). It is
hypothesized that red and green algae appeared some 800
million years ago having acquired chloroplasts from eukaryotes
through endosymbiosis to carry
out photosynthetic metabolism using sunlight for their energy
needs.
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Weevil
Insect Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Green River Shale, Utah |
Scorpionfly
Insect Order Mecoptera
Green River Shale, Utah |
Mosquito
Insect Order Diptera
Family
Culiclidae
Green River Shale, Uintah County, Utah |
Damselfly
Insect Order Odonata
Family Chlorocyphidae
Green River Shale, Utah |
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Robber
Fly and Cranefly Insect Order Diptera
Green River Shale, Utah |
Planthopper
Insect Order Homoptera
Family
Fulgoridae
Green River Shale, Utah |
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Snout
Beetle
Insect Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Green River Shale, Utah |
Green
River Formation Ichnofossils
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Extinct
Brontotheriid Fossil Tracks
Green River Formation, Sevier County, Utah
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