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This sections of the photo gallery presents photos of cycad fossils. If you have a photo that you would like to add, please e-mail the webmaster (webmaster@plantapalm.com).

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Nilssonia foliage compression from
the Cretaceous of British Columbia
Example of Taeniopteris-type foliage: Taeniopteris
lentriculiformae
from the Triassic of Australia

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Ptilophyllum
leaf impression

Note: The photos above were provided courtesy of the University of California Museum of Paleontology
and are copyrighted.

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Leaf of Zamites powelli from Cycad Wash

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Fossil of Zamites powelli and modern Zamia pumila leaf

Note: The two lower photos are provided courtesy Lynn Clos (from her website entitled Hunting For Fossil Cycads in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona) and are copyrighted.

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