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FS300 Beech Tree Leaf

4.0 cm. Long x 2.2 cm. Wide x 0.1 cm. High

Classification: Metaphyta, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Fagales, Fagaceae, Fagus, pacifica

Description: Paired imprint of a beech tree leaf found in the thinly-bedded rocks behind Wheeler High School in Fossil, Oregon. The forest floor fossils found there represent the bed of a shallow lake that existed there about 33 million years ago.

Age: Oligocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Oregon, Fossil Beds at Wheeler High School, Fossil, OR

Found by: Ed DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Dr. Steven Manchester, FLMNH

References: Oregon Geology, Volume 49 Number 10, p. 120