From a fossil collector in Japan.
Maybe a relative of Pachypodium lamerei? (wild guess)
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
That is one beautiful fossil.
It almost looks like it was faked.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps