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remarquable feuille de palmier fossilisée Sabalites sp. Cénozoïque, Eocène (53-33 millions d'années) Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
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80,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description
- Haut. 248 cm ; larg. 226 cm ; 96,72 in high ; 88,14 in width
Il y a maintenant 50 millions d'années, régnait dans le Sud-Ouest du Wyoming un climat comparable à celui de l'actuelle Floride. Toute la région était alors un véritable paradis végétal et aquatique pour les tortues, nombreux poissons, crocodiles et autres espèces aquatiques. Sur terre régnait une végétation luxuriante dont l'évocation peut être brillamment illustrée par cette spectaculaire feuille de palmier fossilisée qui est très représentative de la primitive et superbe flore de la période Eocène. La feuille de palmier est environnée par quelques poissons, qui, gisant sur les fonds marins, se sont fossilisés de concert avec elle dans des circonstances si parfaites qu'aucun poisson n'a été modifié ou rajouté de main d'homme, tandis que les pointes de la feuille sont absolument naturelles, sans aucun repeint, bien que d'une finesse aux pointes sans nulle autre pareil. Trouver des feuilles de palmier fossilisées intactes est très rare du fait de leur fragilité. Ainsi peu d'exemplaires d'une telle dimension et d'une si remarquable qualité ont été excavés.
50 million years ago, a climate much like that of Florida today reigned in south-west Wyoming. The whole region was then a genuine vegetal and aquatic paradise for tortoises, fish, crocodiles and other aquatic species. Meanwhile, luxuriant vegetation reigned on land, the evocation of which is brilliantly illustrated by this spectacular fossilized palm tree leaf which is very representative of the primitive and magnificent flora of the Eocene Epoch. The palm tree leaf is surrounded by several fish which, lying on the sea bed, were fossilized together with it in such perfect circumstances that no fish has been modified or added by man. The tips of the leaf are entirely natural with no corrective touches, notwithstanding the fact that the delicacy of the points is utterly unique. Finding intact fossilized palm trees is very rare because of their fragility. Thus, few examples of such dimension and remarkable quality have been excavated.
50 million years ago, a climate much like that of Florida today reigned in south-west Wyoming. The whole region was then a genuine vegetal and aquatic paradise for tortoises, fish, crocodiles and other aquatic species. Meanwhile, luxuriant vegetation reigned on land, the evocation of which is brilliantly illustrated by this spectacular fossilized palm tree leaf which is very representative of the primitive and magnificent flora of the Eocene Epoch. The palm tree leaf is surrounded by several fish which, lying on the sea bed, were fossilized together with it in such perfect circumstances that no fish has been modified or added by man. The tips of the leaf are entirely natural with no corrective touches, notwithstanding the fact that the delicacy of the points is utterly unique. Finding intact fossilized palm trees is very rare because of their fragility. Thus, few examples of such dimension and remarkable quality have been excavated.
Provenance
Musée privé, RFA
Literature
Curran, H.A., M.A Wilson, and J.E Mylroie, 2008 (in press), Fossil palm frond and tree trunk molds : occurrence and implications for interpretation of Bahamian Quaternary carbonate eolianites in Proceedings of the thirteenth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, L.E. Parks and D. Freile, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Geracce Reseacrch Center.