<em>Delnortea abbottiae</em> - Permineralized leaf fragment
Author
John Miller
University of California, Berkeley
1001 VLSB, Building 2465
Berkeley, CA 94720-2465 claytonia@sbcglobal.net http://www.giga
Keywords
Delnortea abbottiae, Gigantopteridaceae
Description
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This is a kodachrome of a permineralized leaf fragment of the largest known fossil leaf of Delnortea (USNM 387473). Taken by John M. Miller, Ph.D. using a Nikkormat camera and ASA 25 film in sunlight, shortly after collection of the rock sample from the Lower Permian (Leonardian) Road Canyon Formation, Permian Type Section. Later photographs were taken by Sergius H. Mamay, Ph.D., USNM and published as Fig. 10 in American Journal of Botany 75(9): 1412.