Reviews
This Specimen has been sold.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER SIMILAR FOSSILS FOR SALE
10.6" Fossil Plant (Fagus, Fagopsis, Chamaecyparis) Plate - McAbee, BC
This is a fossil leaf plate from the McAbee fossil beds of British Columbia, Canada. It contains a great variety of fossilized plant materials, including sprigs of Metasequoia, Chamaecyparis, Fagus, and Fagopsis, all overlying one another on both sides. The Metasequoia is 3.05", the largest Fagus leaf is 3.6", the largest Fagopsis leaf is 3.5", and the Chamaecyparis sprig is 2.6".
The Tranquille Shale of southern British Columbia was formed during the Eocene, about 50 million years ago: as diatoms in the lake bloomed and died in an ancient lake covering the region, fossils were preserved in the lakebed in accumulating fine layers of silt. In 2012 the McAbee Fossil Bed was acquired by the Canadian government and declared a Canadian Heritage Site, so no additional material will be coming to the market from the site.
Disclaimer: We are not paleobotanists, and as such our identification of these leaves may not be 100% accurate. We try our best to provide the most accurate result, but occasionally we fall short.
Disclaimer: We are not paleobotanists, and as such our identification of these leaves may not be 100% accurate. We try our best to provide the most accurate result, but occasionally we fall short.
SPECIES
Fagus sp., Fagopsis sp., Chamaecyparis sp., Metasequoia sp.
AGE
LOCATION
McAbee Fossil Beds, Cache Creek, BC, Canada
FORMATION
Tranquille Shale
SIZE
Leaf: 3.6", Rock: 10.65 x 4.3"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#248796
We guarantee the authenticity of all of our specimens.
