2.55" Fossil Leaf Nodule - Hell Creek

This is a 2.55" fossil leaf nodule from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation on our partner's private quarry in Bowman, North Dakota. It is preserved inside a sandstone concretion. Many species of angiosperms (flowering plants) have been described from the Hell Creek Formation, making identification difficult. This specimen lacks enough detail to properly identify.

Because of its age and sedimentary composition, the Hell Creek Formation has become one of the most paleontologically studied areas in the world. 158 genera of animals and 64 genera of plants are known from the formation and new discoveries are made frequently. In addition to Tyrannosaurs, Ceratopsids, and Hadrosaurs, the formation has yielded remains of amphibians, reptiles, lizards, snakes and turtles, fish and sharks, avian and non-avian dinosaurs, and mammals. The Hell Creek Formation gives the most complete understanding of the environment just before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.

SPECIES

Unidentified

AGE

Late Cretaceous (~66 Million Years)

LOCATION

Bowman, North Dakota

FORMATION

Hell Creek Formation

SIZE

2.55" wide

2.55" Fossil Leaf Nodule - Hell Creek

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