Fossil Ginkgo Leaf - 3.019" americanhistory 930" wood fragment of the

930" wood fragment of the original 1923 sign salvaged during the reconstruction

Acquisition: The beads come from a private collection acquired through the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the late 1970s

It's a unique and beautiful piece of history from the Eocene period

This particular specimen is a Glyptodon claw measuring 1

the dinosaurs would eventually pass these stones

Fossil Ginkgo Leaf - 3.019" americanhistory 930" wood fragment of theThe Ginkgo tree is a beautiful plant with fascinating fan like leaves that turn a rich gold in autumn. First appearing in the Jurassic Period, this magnificent gymnosperm has changed very little over the past several million years, making the modern tree a living fossil of its prehistoric ancestors. This specimen is a 3. 019" fossil Ginkgo cranei leaf from the Sentinel Butte Formation in North Dakota. This formation and the fossil are from the