fossildan Posted May 27, 2010 It looks like a big mosquito to me, if I see that flying round I would have squashed it flat too !! Link to comment
Inyo Posted May 28, 2010 Looks like a couple of oak (Quercus) leaves to me, with a stem fragment just above the arthropod. As for the insect (or even a spider, perhaps, missing some legs...), it's a great specimen...unfortunately, I am unable to identify it. http://inyo.110mb.com/cb/copperbasinleaf.html An alder leaf (Alnus jarbidgiana)from the Upper Eocene Dead Horse Tuff, Nevada. Link to comment
oilshale Posted May 28, 2010 No, I don't believe this being a leaf and an insect together. I saw an almost identical fossil from there - very unlikely that this combination will pop up twice. But how about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvinia Something like a duckweed? Link to comment
TOM BUCKLEY Posted January 2, 2011 Definitely not an insect. The legs aren't jointed. Tom Link to comment
hauyn888 Posted December 16, 2017 Hi sieht ja Klasse aus uerst dachte ich an eine Spinne und.......verworfen, das Blatt/ die Blätter erinnern mich an Erle - Alnus glutinosa rezent, die fadenartigen vom Ast weglaufenden Fossilteile könnte ich mir als Flechten/ Bartflechten vorstellen? Ist nur eine Idee....Viele Grüße Christian oder Reste von männlichen Pollen/ Blütenständen Link to comment
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