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Image: Clarno-Nut-Beds-Mural-Large

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Description: This artist's rendition of the Eocene Clarno Nut Beds includes the following taxa: Cercidiphyllum (tree) Ensete (banana plant) Sabalites (extinct fan palm) Patriofelis (cat-like creodont, the size of a modern panther) Macginicarpa (sycamore) Orohippus (early horse) Dioon (cycad) Cornus (flowering dogwood) Juglans (walnuts) Pinus (pine tree) Pristichampsus sp. (3 m long crocodile) Ictalurus cf. (freshwater catfishes) Telmatherium (1.25m brontothere) Castanea (chestnut) Magnolia (magnolia tree) Hyrachyus (‘running rhino’) Lauraceae (laurel tree) Cicadidae on Vitis (cicada on grapevine) Meliosma (aguacatillo)
Title: Clarno-Nut-Beds-Mural-Large
Credit: https://www.nps.gov/joda/learn/nature/clarno-nut-beds.htm
Author: Larry Felder, National Park Service (NPS)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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