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Description: | A fossil plant identified as Alethopteris decurrens within a laminated grey siltstone matrix. The specimen is a curved fragment of frond which has fine, needle-like leaves. The fossil is black in colour but is weathering paler. The matrix has some resin on its surface. AR/CB
A fossil plant identified as a Alethopteris decurrens, which is about 310 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Geology Palaeontology | Temporal: | Carboniferous - Pennsylvanian - Moscovian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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