Object ID:
2020.1.5
Collection:
Carr Natural History
Object Name:
Fossil
Dimensions:
H-2.6 W-5.7 L-6.9 cm
Kingdom:
Plantae (Plants)
Description:
Carbonized oval-shaped leaf in sandstone matrix. Veins, midrib and lamina are visible and well preserved.
Class:
Angiosperma (Flowering plants)
Genus:
Betulites
VE Exhibit Label 1:
The compressed carbonized leaf pictured here comes from a deciduous, nut-bearing plant. Although this plant is a type of birch tree that lived during the Cretaceous Period, it has since gone extinct. However, because of its close relationship to modern birch trees, it is easy to determine the type of environment required for this plant to survive.
Species:
westii
Fossilization:
Carbonization
Period:
Cretaceous
Formation:
Dakota
Site Name:
Terra Cotta, Kansas
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Fossil leaf in sandstone
Fossil leaf in sandstone