Katsura Tree, Katsura Tree
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Fragment of fossilized Katsura tree leaf impressions left in rock. It measures around 10 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm in size or less. One leaf shows evidence of margin feeding insect damage. Margin feeding is when an insect with chewing mouthparts eats from the edge in towards the center of the leaf. The specific type of margin feeding is identified as damage type (DT) 12: circular, shallow to deep excision of leaf margin, < 180 degrees of arc.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 May 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Fort Union Fm
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Montana, Rosebud County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Cercidiphyllum genetrix
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52119
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Spermatophyta, Magnoliopsida, Saxifragales, Cercidiphyllaceae