These fossil leaves shaded dinosaurs living on beachfront property in Minnesota nearly 100 million years ago. These leaves are among the few dinosaur-age fossils from Minnesota. They fell into still water near the shore of an ancient seat that covered the western regions of Minnesota. Elizabeth Hajek, an undergraduate student from Macalester College collected these fossils from claypits near New Ulm and studied their preservation for her senior honors thesis!

These fossil leaves shaded dinosaurs living on beachfront property in Minnesota nearly 100 million years ago. These leaves are among the few dinosaur-age fossils from Minnesota. They fell into still water near the shore of an ancient seat that covered the western regions of Minnesota. Elizabeth Hajek, an undergraduate student from Macalester College collected these fossils from claypits near New Ulm and studied their preservation for her senior honors thesis!
– Kristi Curry Rogers, Curator of Paleontology