The Hell Creek formation of North America is one of the most famous fossil hunting locations in the world. Spread over portions of North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, Hell Creek is a unique time capsule, capturing the final years of the dinosaurs as well as many other flora and fauna.

This specimen is a 0.79 fossilized Metasequoia cone from a Dawn Redwood at Hell Creek. These trees once towered over a landscape full of dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, and more.