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Jurassic Period: 199.6-145.5 Million Years Ago
Gallery: Utah & Colorado, USA

Hermanophyton taylorii End Cut off Limb (Specimen 2)
9 cm diameter

Hermanophyton Secondary Xylem at 20x
Specimen at 20x showing wedge of secondary xylem tissue
and outer cortex. Vascular cambium, the meristem at the boundary of these two tissues would produce secondary xylem towards the center and phloem tissue to the outside.


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