7.2" Fossil Fern (Neuropteris & Macroneuropteris) Plate - Kentucky

This is a beautiful fossil flora plate that contains Neuropteris and Macroneuropteris fossils. This plate was collected from the Breathitt Formation of Leslie County, Kentucky. It comes from the Late Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian aged forests that formed the coal shales of Kentucky and Ohio. There is a partial leaf on this slab of rock, likely from a Lepidodendron tree.

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

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Neuropteris sp. & Macroneuropteris sp.
LOCATION
Leslie County, Kentucky
FORMATION
Breathitt Formation
SIZE
7.2 x 3.8" rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#158733
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