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Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
North America, United States, Montana, Fallon County
Collection Date:
2014
Description:
This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Geologic Age:
Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Puercan I
Notes:
These are fragments of fossilized seed cones from a Dawn Redwood, a conifer, deciduous tree. Deciduous trees lose their leaves seasonally and drop off other parts when no longer needed. Each cone measures around 4 cm x 3.5 cm x 3 cm in size or less.
