Directory of Green River Resources

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The Green River Formation outcrops in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The unit was deposited during the Eocene, and contains fossil fish, insects, and especially beautifully preserved plant fossils.

Resources in This Category

• Fossil Butte National Monument

  http://www.nps.gov/fobu/
  This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world.

• Green River Formation

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/eoc/greenriver.html
  From the U.C. Museum of Paleontology

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