Fossil Alder Leaf

Middle Miocene Buffalo Canyon Formation

Buffalo Canyon, Churchill County, Nevada

Here is a mostly complete leaf (the tip is missing) from an alder, Alnus latahensis, which is the fossil equivalent of the modern Seaside alder now native to Maryland and Delaware in the United States of America.

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