Fossil Evergreen Live Oak Leaf From Aldrich Hill, Nevada

Here is a complete spinose leaf from an evergreen live oak Quercus pollardiana, collected from the middle Miocene Aldrich Station Formation at Aldrich Hill, Nevada. It is practically identical to leaves produced by the modern maul oak, now native to the western Sierra Nevada and the Coastal Ranges of California. The specimen is 30mm long.

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