Jumping Plant Lice

Middle Miocene Esmeralda Formation

Fossil Valley, Nevada

Top and bottom--Two undescribed jumping plant lice from the middle Miocene Esmeralda Formation, Fossil Valley, Great Basin Desert, Nevada. Millimeter scale at lower left of image of each image. Fossil Valley is now a federally protected area; unauthorized collecting there is strictly verboten.

Top photograph taken by an individual named Iyawnna Hazzard, courtesy Copyright © 2015 University of California Museum of Paleontology. Bottom image by Marwa W. El-Faramaw, courtesy Copyright © 2015 University of California Museum of Paleontology. I modified both images with with photoshop.

Note that identification of fossils and their assignment to a geologic rock formation are my responsibility, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the University California Museum of Paleontology.

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