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Description: | A fossil seed fern identified as Marioptesis sp.. The specimen is preserved within a pale grey mudstone matrix. There is a leaf impression on the underside of the matrix. The surface displays a stem with ten leaves which are preserved in coal. The ends of the leaves are missing. Small leaflets on one side of the leaves show internal veins. The stem measures 6mm and the small leaflets are up to 7mm in length. AR/CB
A fossil seed fern identified as Marioptesis sp. which is around 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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