Eocene Bird feather

$69

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Description

Bird
Early Eocene
Green River Formation – Parachute Creek Member
Rio Blanco County, Colorado, USA

12mm feather on 25mm matrix.

Feathers are delicate, natural structures and so they are poor candidates for fossilization.  They are found at sites where leaves are preserved but are uncommon. Feathers can’t be named to family or genus but flight feathers are different from body feathers.

Additional information

Weight 60 g