Early Eocene

Green River Formation

Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA

24mm x 49mm flower on 112mm slab.

Flower, Angiosperm.

Flowers are rather rare in the fossil record due to their fragility but they occur where fine-grained sediments preserve other organisms that also seem to be unlikely candidates for fossilization.

This specimen comes from a time when angiosperms (flowering plants) were well on their way to dominating many ecosystems once held by conifers.

Nice specimen – almost looks like a painting.