A Fossil Zelkova Leaf
Middle Miocene Buffalo Canyon Formation
Buffalo Canyon, Churchill County, Nevada
Here is a complete specimen of a zelkova leaf, a member of the elm family,
Zelkova brownii.
Out of some 8,276 fossil plant specimens that paleobotanist Daniel I. Axelrod collected from the Buffalo Canyon Formation, he found only 744 zelkova leaves.
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Fossils Plants At Buffalo Canyon, Nevada
