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Fossil Leaf, Magnified
Picture: John Weinstein, The Field Museum |

Fossil Leaves
These nine tiny fossil leaves of conifers and extinct seed ferns from Denmark were used to reconstruct the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere about 183 million years ago. The fossil leaves were extracted from rock by washing the rocks in acids.



Picture: John Weinstein, The Field Museum |

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