9" Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Pecopteris) Frond - France

Carboniferous Fossil Fern (Pecopteris) Frond - France #338456

This is a fascinating fossil fern (Pecopteris sp.) 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 frond measures 9" long and is beautifully laid out on a 9.5 x 5.4" slab of rock. A truly breathtaking fossil fern plate!

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.

SPECIES

Pecopteris sp.

AGE

Late Carboniferous - Stephanian Stage (~300 Million Years)