Name: L/quidambar.
Meaning: From the runny
gold-coloured gum.
Grouping: Angiosperm,
Dicotyledon, Altingiacean.
Informal ID: Sweetgum tree
Fossil size: Leaf width
9cm/3'1in.
Reconstructed size: Tree
height to 30m/100ft.
Habitat: Mixed woodland.
Time span: Eocene, 40
million years ago, to today.
Main fossil sites: Worldwide.
Occurrence: