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4.3" Fossil Seed Fern (Pecopteris) Plate - Pennsylvania
This is a 4.3" wide plate of fossil seed ferns from the Pennsylvanian aged (305 million year) Llewellyn formation of Pennsylvania. The white color of these detailed fern fossils contrasts well against the black shale they are preserved in. There are fossils covering both sides of the piece. These St. Clair fern plates used to be quite common but access to the locality is now restricted so there is not a lot of material left on the market.
It includes a display stand.
These plants were buried in a swamp where a low temperature, low pressure, and low oxygen environment caused the plant tissue to be slowly replaced by pyrite. This pyrite was later replaced by a whitish mineral (aluminum silicate) as the fossils were buried and exposed to the heat and pressure inside of the earth. The ferns on this plate are of the genus Pecopteris
It includes a display stand.
These plants were buried in a swamp where a low temperature, low pressure, and low oxygen environment caused the plant tissue to be slowly replaced by pyrite. This pyrite was later replaced by a whitish mineral (aluminum silicate) as the fossils were buried and exposed to the heat and pressure inside of the earth. The ferns on this plate are of the genus Pecopteris
Pecopteris is a form classification (taxa) for the leaves of a fern associated with the tree fern Psaronius. It is one of the most common Pennsylvanian age plants and grew up to ten meters (30 feet) tall and produced about 7,000 spores per leaf.
$12
SPECIES
Pecopteris sp.
LOCATION
St. Clair, Pennsylvania
FORMATION
Llewellyn Formation
SIZE
Rock 4.3 x 3.3"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#347678
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