Name: Family:
Leguminosales: Leguminosites lesquereuxiana
Division: Magnoliophyta;
Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Fabales
Geological
Time: Eocene
Size (25.4mm=1
inch): Leaf: 30 mm by 60 mm Matrix: 75 mm by 87 mm
Fossil
Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah
| This
is an example of a leaf from a member of the Leguminosae (Pea family),
one of the largest of families of flowering plants. The family holds
several plants of use to man as a food source due to the fact that
they harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and so need little to no additional
fertilizer. | |
