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(a) The cypress twig inside the amber piece with scale leaves in a spiral arrangement. The arrows indicate the two cuts that were made to prepare the slice for internal embedding. (b) The surface of the cypress twig after the cut. (c) A young twig of the recent species Glyptostrobus pensilis with a similar arrangement of leaves. Size bars: 1 mm.
