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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
17 cm diameter x 17.5 cm tall
The Shreveport Collection

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
Palm in Cross-Section

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

Palm Fibrovascular Bundles and Fibrous Bundles
Palm Fibrovascular Bundle and Fibrous Bundles
Palm Vascular bundles
Palm Vascular Bundles

The image below zooms in at 250x on the fibrous bundle pictured in the previous image with a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Palm Fibrous Bundle

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