English: This fossil palm leaf (Sabalites sp.) [but identified as Palmites at the 2013 website) is on display in the Fossil Butte Visitor Center. The existence of palm fossils in the Green River Formation shows that when the sediments were deposited in this portion of the Green River Basin in Eocene time that the climate was subtropical and probably close to sea level in elevation.
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2008-03-22 22:54 Tillman 1200×1108×8 (300082 bytes) This fossil palm leaf is on display in the Fossil Butte Visitor Center. The existence of palm fossils in the Green River Formation shows that when the sediments were deposited in this portion of the Green River Basin in Eocene time that the climate was su
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move approved by: User:Kevmin This image was moved from File:FossilPalm.jpg {{Information |Description={{en|This fossil palm leaf (''Sabalites'' sp.) is on display in the Fossil Butte Visitor Center. The existence of palm fossils in the Green R