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

Palmoxylon
Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene
Catahoula Formation
Louisiana, USA
18 cm x 10 cm x 1.5 thick
The Shreveport Collection

This specimen exhibits a lovely lavender coloration. See close-ups 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 CS6. The images were taken in sunlight outside.


The next three images were taken with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6. The first two images are at 150x and the third at 80x.

 

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