Fossil Leaf Slab from the Paleocene

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Fossils are important in understanding the rock record and being able to trace formation laterally using bio-stratigraphy. This slab of leaf fossils from near Rock Springs, WY from a site called Plant's Paleocene Plants. The guy who discovered the quarry had the last name Plant, so the name is quite hillarious and ironic.

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Submitted by Dan Dalton
on Nov 21, 2006 5:21 am

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"A hundred and forty million years ago a creature struggled to escape the hostile horizontal world. It became lean and strong and developed into a magnificent climber. Then, driven by sucess and the gear of evolution, it developed the feather. For the father of the modern bird, downclimbing had become a thing of the past." --Arc'teryx Creedo