4.6" Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Pecopteris) Frond Plate - France

Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Pecopteris) Frond Plate - France #338485

This is a fascinating fossil fern (Pecopteris cythea) frond plate 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 fern is beautifully laid out on a 4.6 x 3.2" slab of rock.

Comes with an acrylic display stand.

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.

$395

SPECIES

Pecopteris sp.

AGE

Late Carboniferous - Stephanian Stage (~300 Million Years)