This Burmese amber with dandelion flower fossil inclusion preserves a museum-grade fossil pappus, the wind-dispersal structure of a flowering plant, encased in Cretaceous Burmese amber. The exceptionally preserved radiating filaments allow detailed observation of its morphology and may represent a possible ancestral relative of modern dandelions (family Asteraceae). This rare botanical inclusion provides valuable evidence of the evolution and dispersal strategies of flowering plants during the age of dinosaurs.
 
Product Details
 
• Species: Fossil pappus (possible ancestral dandelion relative, Asteraceae)
• Origin: Burmese amber
• Age: Approximately 100 million years
• Period: Cretaceous
• Grade: Museum grade
• Features: Exceptional preservation of wind-dispersal structure (pappus)
• Dimensions: 1.5 inches
• Weight: 4 grams
 
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