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FERNS
ILLINOIS
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Very Colorful Seed Fern from Mazon Creek |
Stock Number FPFMC40 |
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Name:
Fossil Seed Fern
Age: Pennsylvanian
Formation: Carbondale Formation
Location: Braidwood, Illinois
Size: Fern is 2.7 inches long
Here is a fine Pennsylvanian plant fossil. It is a fossil Seed Fern from the famous Mazon Creek deposits of Illinois. This specimen was acquired from a major fossil collection. The Seed Fern is well preserved in a siderite concretion. Both halves of the concretion are present, so both part and counterpart are intact. The fossil plant exhibits wonderful detail - the central stem is clearly defined, and the individual leaflets are beautifully displayed. The fossil has great, natural orange color and striking contrast. This is a very aesthetic example of a fossil Seed Fern from this classic locality.
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