3D model of a sandstone with conifer and flowering plant remains (NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/4015)

<p>This rock features multiple plant fragments, including a bog myrtle leaf (<i>Myrica lignitum</i>) on one side and abundant conifer shoots on the other.&nbsp;These fossils come from the Eibiswalder Schichten, a rock formation that formed 14–18 million years ago during the early Miocene Epoch.&nbsp;The sediments and the fossils these formations contain were transported through a large river system and deposited in a large coastal delta. Evidence for this delta now stretch across large parts of modern-day Styria, Austria.</p><p>This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz.&nbsp;</p>