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Cenozoic Era: 65.5 Million Years to Present
Oligocene Epoch: 33.9-23 Million Years Ago
Gallery: Louisiana
Fossil Palm Trunk
Palmoxylon
Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene
Catahoula Formation
Louisiana, USA
24.5 cm x 18 cm x 15.5 cm tall
The Shreveport Collection

The colorful boarder of this large Palmoxylon specimen exhibits great cellular detail. 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.

Fossil Palm Structure
Palm Cross-Section

The next three images were taken at 150x with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Vascular Bundle
Water and Food Conduction
 

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