2.3" Pennsylvanian Fossil Fern (Lyginopteris) - Alabama

This is a 2.3" fossil fern (Lyginopteris), from the Pottsville Formation, Alabama. It is a number fragments; stalk, pinnules (branch of leaflets) and leaflets. This specimen is well preserved with individual lobes visible.

Lyginopteris is a genus of seed fern, extinct species of fern that reproduced from seed as opposed to sporophyte reproduction of most modern ferns.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.