1.4" Pennsylvanian Fossil Fern (Sphenopteris) - Alabama

This is a 1.4" fossil fern (Sphenopteris), from the Pottsville Formation, Alabama. It is three pinnules (branch of leaflets)and a stalk. This specimen is very well preserved with individual lobes visible. Venation is visible under magnification.

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

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Sphenopteris pottsvillea
LOCATION
Cumberland Plateau, Alabama
FORMATION
Pottsville Formation
SIZE
1.4" fern, 1.4 x 1.0" Rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#112765
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