Collaborative Research: Integrating Geomorphological and Paleoecological Studies to Reconstruct Neogene Environments of the Transantarctic Mountains / Slide22_Moss microscope 1
Allan Ashworth, Adam Lewis and David Marchant

allan.ashworth@ndsu.edu; adam.r.lewis.1@ndsu.edu; marchant@bu.edu

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Slide22_Moss microscope 1

A perfectly preserved fossil moss stem with leaves still attached of the semi-aquatic species Drepanocladus longifolius - the field of view under the microscope is about 10 mm. The 14 million year old moss is identified as a living species which today lives in warmer bog and lake habitats at least 2000 km (1250 miles) north of the fossil site.