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Taxodium fossil
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Description
- A-Light-brown colored shale with a small 2.5cm portion of fern-like leaf imprinted in a darker color on fossil. Measurements' include 11.5cm in length by 4.5cm in width. B-Light-brown colored shale with a 3cm portion of fern-like leaf imprinted in a darker color on fossil. Measurements include 19…
- Other Names
- Bald cyprus
- lant
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FLORA
- Description
- A-Light-brown colored shale with a small 2.5cm portion of fern-like leaf imprinted in a darker color on fossil. Measurements' include 11.5cm in length by 4.5cm in width. B-Light-brown colored shale with a 3cm portion of fern-like leaf imprinted in a darker color on fossil. Measurements include 19.5cm in length by 4.5cm in width.
- History Of Use
- Plant fossils are relatively less important than animal fossils, although pollen and algae are important for dating some rocks. The taxodium or bald cyprus have needles and small stem. Fossils A and B are two halves or a mirror image of themselves.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1987.49.2 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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