Eocene Fossil Seed – Carpolithus sp.

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Fossil seed – Carpolithus sp.
Early Eocene
Green River Fm.- Parachute Creek Mbr.
Douglas Pass, CO USA.

5mm fruit on 30mm slab.

Carpolithus is a form genus of a seed or fruit not known to be associated with a particular plant.

It’s a basic name for a nondescript fossil.  It’s derived from Greek with a basic meaning, “fruit stone,” in other words “a fruit turned to stone.”

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Weight 30 g