Skeletal Leaves / Antiquities Biological Fossil Tree Leaf

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Skeletal Leaves / Antiquities Biological Fossil Tree Leaf
Plants are major indicators of climate. Fossil leaves and plants act as ancient thermometers, allowing scientists to study the ancient climate of Fossil Lake.
Plants that flourished on earth millions of years ago are perfectly preserved as fossils. In petrified wood, the tissue of ancient trees is completely replaced by minerals, converting trunks and branches into stone. In some cases, the cell structure is so perfectly preserved that it resembles microscopic stem sections of modern plants. In some fossil beds of sedimentary strata, imprints of leaves and seed cones are so perfectly preserved that minute details are visible through modern microscopes. And of course amber (nature's transparent tomb) preserves ancient life so perfectly that DNA fragments within the cells can actually be extracted and sequenced.
Type - Fossil
Country/Region of Manufacture - Sri Lanka
Weight - 8.49 grams
Size - 10 cm x 6 cm x 0.1 cm