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Description: | This fossil belongs to the Coniferales (the conifers), a living group of plants that appeared in the Carboniferous period about 300 million years ago and were most common in the Mesozoic (the Triassic, Jurassic and Cetaceous periods). Conifers (such as pine trees) are still very important today with over 600 species. They are particularly common in the Northern hemisphere. This fossils shows part of a stem with hooked scale-like leaves. The species is named after William Williamson who helped John Lindley and William Hutton prepare their famous books on the 'Fossil Flora of Great Britain' in 1835. | 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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