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Fossil Heather Flowers

Fossil flowers of a plant from the heath and heather family (Ericaceae), found in the Clarkia Fossil Bowl, a Miocene Epoch lake bed deposit in northern Idaho. Some of the best fossil leaf preservation in the world is found here. This fossil is 3" long.

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Title: Fossil Heather Flowers

Caption: Fossil flowers of a plant from the heath and heather family (Ericaceae), found in the Clarkia Fossil Bowl, a Miocene Epoch lake bed deposit in northern Idaho. Some of the best fossil leaf preservation in the world is found here. This fossil is 3" long.

Category: Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Theodore Clutter

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Image size: 5112 × 3420 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 43.3 × 29.0 cm | 2012.6 × 1346.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AMERICA NORTH • CENOZOIC ERA • CLARKIA FOSSIL BEDS • CLARKIA FOSSIL BOWL • ERICACEAE • ERICALES • FLOWER FOSSIL • FOSSIL FLOWERS • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED LEAF • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • HEATH FOSSIL • HEATHER FOSSIL • IDAHO FOSSIL • MAGNOLIOPHYTA • MAGNOLIOPSIDA • MIOCENE EPOCH • NEOZOIC ERA • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PLANT FOSSIL • PREHISTORIC FLORA • TERTIARY PERIOD