Fossil Shadow Box 171004626

With their delicate structure, leaves are among the rarest fossil finds. The best fossils of leaves are found preserved in fine layers of sediment that have been compressed in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the deposited sediment. Since leaves are basically flat, the resulting distortion is minimal. A small schooling fish, Knightia made an abundant food source for larger Eocene predators. This beautiful framed piece of natural history contains 2 Knightia and a small Leaf, displayed in an elegantly designed shadow box.