Rose plant fossils, leaves and thorn
by Science Photo Library
Title
Rose plant fossils, leaves and thorn
Artist
Science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Rose plant fossils. At left are fossilised leaves of the rose plant Rosa hilliiae (Lesquereux), from the Oligocene period (23 to 35 million years ago), and found in Colorado, USA. At right is a thorns of the rose plant Rosa penelopes (Unger), from the Miocene (5 to 23 million years ago), and found in Styria, Austria. These specimens are part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Uploaded
March 4th, 2014
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Rose plant fossils, leaves and thorn. Click here to post the first comment.