Detail View: Image Archives: Fossil Leaf, Sassafras

File Name: 
CI-EPI.19184B.jpg
catalog number: 
EPI.19184
collection: 
Paleobotany
title: 
Fossil Leaf, Sassafras
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Clayton Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Sassafras; Morphotype CR010, Bin 13, Family Lauraceae, Name cf Sassafras. Side B view, found at the Castle Rock Roadcut site in the town of Castle Rock, in Douglas County, Colorado in the Dawson Arkose Formation dating to the Paleocene. Description includes petiole attached outside margin, lobed, and pinnately lobed.
date: 
6/8/2009
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.55MB
source: 
Nikon D300 camera
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science