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

Gallery: Louisiana
Palm Fiber
Palmoxylon
Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene
Catahoula Formation
Louisiana, USA

14.5 cm x 11 cm x 12 cm tall
The Shreveport Collection
Fossil Palm Wood


Palmoxylon

This Palmoxylon specimen from "The White Grounds" has it all, form, color and 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.

Palm Fiber
Fossil Palm

The next four images were taken at 160x with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Palm Vascular Bundles
Louisana Palm
Palm Vascular Bundle
Palmoxylon Vascular Bundle

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

Fibrovascular Bundles
Palm Fibrovascular Bundles
Palm
Fibrovascular Bundle


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