Thin slice of the 407 million-year-old Rhynie chert mounted on a glass slide (IMAGE)

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

Thin slice of the 407 million-year-old Rhynie chert mounted on a glass slide

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Thin slice of the 407 million-year-old Rhynie chert mounted on a glass slide showing the amazing preservation of fossil plants preserved within. Specimen number 4178 in the palaeobotanical collection at the University of Münster, Germany. Each interval on the scale bar is 1 mm. Image taken by Dr Sandy Hetherington.

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Sandy Hetherington

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