Phytolith Fossil (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Phytolith Fossil

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This is a 49 million-year-old epidermal phytolith from a fossil soil horizon of the Las Flores Formation. Its curvy and large shape indicate the plant it came from grew in shady conditions. Scale bar = 10 micrometers.

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Regan Dunn, U of Washington

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