12.5" Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Neuropteris) Plate - France

Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Neuropteris) Plate - France #338465

This is a beautiful fossil fern (Neuropteris cordata) from the Late Carboniferous-aged Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstatte of France. This formation is Stephanian Stage in age, or approximately 300 million years old. The longest fern pinna measures 8.3" long and the fossils are laid out nicely on a 12.5 x 9.4" slab of rock.

Comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.

Neuropteris is an extinct genus of fern that reproduced from seed as opposed to sporophyte reproduction like most modern ferns. As with most seed ferns, Neurodontopteridaceae grew in tree form.

SPECIES

Neuropteris cordata

AGE

Late Carboniferous - Stephanian Stage (~300 Million Years)