Cenozoic Era: 65.5 Million Years to Present
Oligocene Epoch: 33.9-23 Million Years Ago
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Palmoxylon Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene Catahoula Formation Louisiana, USA 12 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm tall The Shreveport Collection

The specimen above is an example of what collectors call "Crazy Wood". In a cross-section some vascular bundles appear at strange angles. The exterior has a different look as well. The vascular bundles seem somewhat woven. The next two images were taken at 250x with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.