Palm phytoliths (IMAGE)

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Palm phytoliths

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Palm phytoliths from the Giraffe Pipe locality, a 48 million-year old Eocene deposit situated in the Canadian subarctic.  Top: Two isolated phytoliths.  Bottom: Partial remains of a stegmata with five phytoliths. These specimens were uncovered 70 meters below the Earth surface in the remains of an ancient maar lake.

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Peter Siver

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