Dipterocarp fossil (IMAGE)

Penn State

Dipterocarp fossil

Caption

A fragment fossil of an enormous dipterocarp leaf (estimated size 16,000 mm squared or 2 feet squared) is an exemplar specimen and is already one of the largest fossils in the collection.

Credit

Peter Wilf, Penn State

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