1.4" Fossil Seed Fern (Alethopteris) In Ironstone- Illinois

This is a nicely defined, 1.4", fossil fern (Alethopteris) leaflet from the Carbondale Formation, Coal City, Illinois.

Alethopteris is genus of seed ferns, extinct species of fern that reproduced from seed as opposed to sporophyte reproduction of most modern ferns.

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Alethopteris sp.
LOCATION
Coal City, Illinois
FORMATION
Carbondale Formation
SIZE
1.4" fern leaflet, 1.8 x 1.3" nodule
ITEM
#120987
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