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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
11 cm x 9 cm x 0.8 cm thick

The next three images were taken with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6. The first image was taken at 135x, the second 150x, and the third at 250x. The specimen is very colorful and exhibits a wide range of cell preservation quality.

Palm Vascular Bundles
Angiosperm Vessels
Vascular Bundle

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