Fossil Flora (Macroneuropteris & Annularia) Plate - Kentucky

This is a beautiful fossil flora plate that contains a Macroneuropteris sp. leaf and horsetail (Annularia sp.) whorls. 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.

Annularia is a genus and refers to the leaves or whorl of the jointed-stemmed plant, Calamites, a close relative of modern horsetails.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.