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Pennsylvanian Fossil Fern (Neuropteris and Macroneuropteris) Plate
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.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Neuropteris is an extinct genus of fern that reproduced from seed as opposed to sporophyte reproduction like most modern ferns. As with most seed ferns, Neurodontopteridaceae grew in tree form.
SPECIES
Neuropteris sp. & Macroneuropteris sp.
LOCATION
Leslie County, Kentucky
FORMATION
Breathitt Formation
SIZE
5.8 x 5.3" rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#181363
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