Fossil Leaves (Betula, Fagus, Pinus) - McAbee Fossil Beds, BC

This is a 7.8" wide leaf fossil plate from the McAbee fossil beds of British Columbia, Canada. It contains many leaves of which most appear to be members of the genera Fagus and Betula. There are some additional leaves on the plate that are harder to identify and needles from the a pine tree of the genus Pinus.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

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.