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Lot Essay
These leaves come from the geological age that immediately followed the extinction event that famously killed off the dinosaurs.
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FOSSIL LEAVES
MONTANA, USA
specimens of Beringiaphyllum cupanoides, Davidia antiqua, Viburnum asperum and Zizyphoides flabellum from the Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (circa 64 million years ago) in their original matrix
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide
MONTANA, USA
specimens of Beringiaphyllum cupanoides, Davidia antiqua, Viburnum asperum and Zizyphoides flabellum from the Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (circa 64 million years ago) in their original matrix
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide
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