Name: Lygodium
kaulfussi
Kingdom:
Plantae; Division: Pteridophyta; Class: Pteridopsida; Order: Schizaeales;
Family: Schizaeaceae
Geological
Time: Early - Middle Eocene
Size: Leaf:
33 mm by 31 mm Matrix: 78 mm by 72 mm
Fossil
Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah
 The
Green River Formation deposits of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah are
best known for their immaculately preserved fish, but other examples
are known as well, as this specimen attests. 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.
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