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Cenozoic Era: 65.5 Million Years to Present
Oligocene Epoch: 33.9-23 Million Years Ago
Gallery: Louisiana

Palmoxylon Longitudinal Section
Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene
Catahoula Formation
Louisiana, USA
12.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 5 cm thick
The Shreveport Collection
See closer view below

One can see several vascular bundles at an oblique angle in the close-ups shown below. The first two images were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD770 IS Digital ELPH 10.0 MEGA PIXELS, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. The images were taken in sunlight outside.

The next two images were taken at 85x with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Vascular Bundle
Vascular Bundle Oblique Angle

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