Green River Famous Localities Paleontology

Green River Famous Localities Paleontology

The Green River Formation outcrops in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The unit was deposited during the Eocene, and contains fossil fish, insects, and especially beautifully preserved plant fossils.

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Green River Formation - From the U.C. Museum of Paleontology
Fossil Butte National Monument - This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world.
Eocene Fossils - These specimens are adjunct to a larger collection (15,500 pieces of rock on which are contained perhaps as many as 65,000 individual specimens), donated to and housed at the USNM-Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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