Leaf comparison (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

Leaf comparison

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The fossil leaf of an oak (Quercus neriifolia, top) shows brown roundish deposits. They resemble calcium oxalate crystals on present-day oak leaves (Quercus variabilis, bottom).

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© Mahdieh Malekhosseini / University of Bonn

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