This fossil leaf specimen stems from the Late Cretaceous Wepo Formation of the Mesaverde Group exposed on Black Mesa basin on the Navajo Nation of northeastern Arizona. This leaf was probably one of the flowering plants (angiosperms) common in the area of the former Western Interior Seaway.
Photographer: Dale Nations
Photo Date: circa 1985
Photo Location Accuracy: Approximately Located
Photo Tags: Wepo Formation, Black Mesa, Late Cretaceous, Angiosperm, fossil, coal, Mesaverde Group, Natural resource, energy 
