Katsura Tree, Katsura Tree
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Object Details
- Discipline
- Paleobiology
- Region
- US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Fragment of fossilized Katsura tree leaf impressions left in rock. It measures around 10 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm in size or less. One leaf shows evidence of margin feeding insect damage. Margin feeding is when an insect with chewing mouthparts eats from the edge in towards the center of the leaf. The specific type of margin feeding is identified as damage type (DT) 12: circular, shallow to deep excision of leaf margin, < 180 degrees of arc.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 27 May 2020
- Stratigraphy
- Fort Union Fm
- USNM Number
- EO52119
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Collecting Locality
- North America, United States, Montana, Rosebud County
- Scientific Name
- Cercidiphyllum genetrix
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Plantae, Spermatophyta, Magnoliopsida, Saxifragales, Cercidiphyllaceae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10021565
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c590c99-6af5-40f0-a287-b7dba220cee2
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