Detail View: Image Archives: Fossil Leaf From Castle Rock, Colorado

File Name: 
IV.CI-Cr010_19184a.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-Cr010_19184a
collection: 
Paleobotany
title: 
Fossil Leaf From Castle Rock, Colorado
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Paul Tokheim
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
fossil leaf fromm the DMNS Plaeobotany dept. The castle Rock site was discovered in a roadcut created by CDOT during a higway project near Castle Rock, Colorado by geologist Steve Wallace. The collection was found in the Daswson Arkose formation near the K-T Boundary. It is the earliest known rainforest in North America dating back to 63 million years ago.
subject terms: 
DB-010; Cr010_19184a
date: 
June 9, 2009
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.2 MB
source: 
Nikon D800
rights: 
Use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science