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Fossil, Leaf, Salix elongata O. Weber

Fossil, Leaf, Salix elongata O. Weber - Geospecimen
Accession #: 42.86
Title: Fossil, Leaf, Salix elongata O. Weber
Object Type: Geospecimen
Participants:
Physical Description: Broken at the proximal end of the leaf. Fossilized leaf in sedimentary deposit. There is a 2 written in one corner. The matrix is roughly cut around it.
Description: Students helped create the Spokane Public Museum. Curator and professor T. A. Bonser organized some of the earliest collections of Latah formation fossils. His 1925 student team gathered many of these for museum display.
Category: History
Geographical Reference: Spokane (Washington->Spokane County)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 4 x 2.25"
Materials/Techniques:
sedimentary rock (Material)
Credit Line: Gift of Professor Thomas A. Bonser

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