Fossil Plant From The Miocene Distaster Peak Formation

Alpine County, California

Plant specimen preserved on a chunk of andesitic sandstone from the upper Miocene Disaster Peak Formation, High Sierra Nevada, Alpine County, California. Approximately 7 million years old. It's a twig from a Douglas-fir, called scientifically Pseudotsuga menziesii.

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