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Happy Fossil Friday!

These fossil leaves come from the Neslen Formation and are ~75 million years old! They were deposited in the Cretaceous period and have been SAFE from cyclospora 🦠since then! 😎😉
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July 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
New in Geosphere's themed issue "Uplift History of the Sierra Nevada, USA": M.T. Hren and M.T. Brandon use leaf wax hydrogen isotope data to show that the Sierra Nevada experienced renewed uplift in the late Cenozoic.

Read the full issue: geosociety.co/FossilLeaf
Image: Figure 3. (A)
April 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM