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Hello everyone,

 

I was out looking for leaf fossils the other day, and found this flower.  I actually found 2 but the other broke :s_cry:.

 

I was in the Naches Formation of Central Washington.  From what I've read it ranges from 35-40 MYO.

 

Closest thing I can find for i.d. is Florissantia Quilchenensis.  Anyone able to confirm or have an alternate i.d.?

 

I appreciate your assistance.

 

Chris

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WOW!  Thank you all for your great comments! 

 

I have to admit when I found it I gave quite the hoot and holler!  Surprised my niece, to say the least...

 

Chris

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This is the first Florissantia I have seen from the Naches Formation.  Congrats!

 

Manchester, S.R. 1992

Flowers, Fruits, and Pollen of Florissantia, an Extinct Malvalean Genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of Western North America.

American Journal of Botany, 79(9):996-1008   PDF LINK

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Epic find! :default_faint:

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.  -Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)

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14 minutes ago, piranha said:

This is the first Florissantia I have seen from the Naches Formation.  Congrats!

 

Manchester, S.R. 1992

Flowers, Fruits, and Pollen of Florissantia, an Extinct Malvalean Genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of Western North America.

American Journal of Botany, 79(9):996-1008   PDF LINK

Thanks for the link.  I am becoming somewhat overcome with excitement!  :raindance:

I wish I hadn't broken the other one...

4 minutes ago, FossilNerd said:

Epic find! :default_faint:

I'm now starting to realize that! :yay-smiley-1:

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Wow when I first clicked on to this thread,  I thought before looking it was going to be “sorry this is not a flower “ sort of thing . What a surprise to see a beautiful fossil.
 

The broken one can it be fixed there are members here that can do repair miracles. Congratulations and maybe worthwhile looking at entertaining it to the fossil of the month completion. 

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Very nice! :wub:  We don't get to see enough plant fossils on the Forum.  More please!

 

Don

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4 hours ago, The Mushroom Whisperer said:

  I actually found 2 but the other broke :s_cry:.

 

Do you have photos of the broken one?  

The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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43 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

 

Do you have photos of the broken one?  

Well, this is where my inexperience with plant fossils comes in to play.  I left the broken one out there!  I honestly thought the flowers were cool, but didn't know they were very cool.  This was my first time looking for plant fossils... 

 

If it's still there when I go back, I'll capture it!

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Ahhh...that one might qualify for the July contest if you retrieve it.  ;)

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6 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

Ahhh...that one might qualify for the July contest if you retrieve it.  ;)

Very Cool!!!

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