Description

Fossil seed – Carpolithus sp.

Early Eocene

Green River Fm.- Parachute Creek Mbr.

Douglas Pass, CO USA.

7mm fruit on 31mm slab.

Plant.

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, simply meaning, “stone fruit.”