Visit by Chunxiang Li

Mike May

Chunxiang Li is visiting!

And she brought some of her spectacular amber fossils of ferns. They are gorgeous, and the detail preserved is amazing–it’s hard to believe that they are 100 million years old! Dr. Li is a renowned paleo- and neo-botanist from the Chinese National Academy of Sciences in Nanjing. Inordinately dedicated and observant readers may also recognize her as one of my gracious and generous hosts in Sichuan.

The amber fossils are exquisitely preserved.

And Chunxiang even brought some of the fossils with her! They are much more impressive than they appear from this distance.