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Description: | This fern belongs to a group of plants known as the Filicales or 'true ferns'. They were very common and widespread in the Jurassic period about 170 million years ago. Most living species are typical ferns with the fronds (the leaves) growing out of a woody rhizome (root). They can be up to 2 metres tall and a few are actually small trees, known as tree ferns. The specimen shows part of a deeply divided leaf. If you look closely you can see the tiny branching veins in the individual leaf segments. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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