Leaf mats
The Quedlinburg leaf mats
In the exhibition on the history of the development of life, a large stone slab with leaves can be seen. This is an accumulation of fossilised leaves from the backwater of a river. The leaves are 85 million years old and date from the Cretaceous period. The fossil was recovered by the geological preparator Frank Trostheide near Quedlinburg in 1994. It is the largest mat of Cretaceous leaves in the world!
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