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From the Eocene (circa 50 million years ago), a large 61 1/2-inch palm flower specimen of Sablites sp., together with five fossil fish specimens including Knightia sp. (4 1/2-inches max.) and Priscacara sp. (5 1/2-inches max), each in excellent state of preservation, all specimens prepped in matrix, board-mounted with wall fittings for ease of display.
7112 x 38 x 3in. (181.5 x 96.5 x 7.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The palms of the Green River Formation represent a flora bordering a warm freshwater lake approximately 50 million years ago. Plant material is amongst the rarest in the fossil record, thus the present example is amongst the largest and most finely preserved, rarely surviving intact.

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