Description
Phoenix windmillis
Flower
Early Eocene
Green River Formation
Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA
Rare 8mm palm flower on 35mm slab.
Phoenix is a plant genus containing various date palms that dates back to the Late Cretaceous and still lives today.
For more information, see:
Allen, S.E. 2015.
Fossil Palm Flowers from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain Region with Affinities to Phoenix L. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 176, No. 6 (July/August 2015), pp. 586-596.