Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf), unknown maker from the United States

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Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf)
Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf)
Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf)
Cretaceous period, collected mid to late 1800s
Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf) , Cretaceous period, collected mid to late 1800s
Where object was made: Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States
Credit line: Paleobotany Division, Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas
Accession number: EL2009.001
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Exhibition Label: "Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard This fossil leaf collected in Ellsworth County, Kansas, is from the Sterculia genus, sometimes referred to as Tropical Chestnuts. Present members of this genus are found in tropical and subtropical climates. More examples of fossil trees can be seen in a new installation on the sixth floor of the KU Natural History Museum.