A Fossil Zelkova Leaf

Middle Miocene Buffalo Canyon Formation, Nevada

Here is a complete specimen of a zelkova leaf, a member of the elm family, Zelkova brownii. Out of some 8,276 fossil plant specimens that paleobotanist Daniel I. Axelrod collected from the Buffalo Canyon Formation, he found only 744 zelkova leaves.

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