6.8" Pennsylvanian Fossil Flora Plate - Kentucky

This is a beautiful fossil flora plate that contains Neuropteris and Macroneuropteris fossils. This plate was collected from the Breathitt Formation of Leslie County, Kentucky. It comes from the Late Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian aged forests that formed the coal shales of Kentucky and Ohio.

Neuropteris is an extinct genus of fern that reproduced from seed as opposed to sporophyte reproduction like most modern ferns. As with most seed ferns, Neurodontopteridaceae grew in tree form.

Mariopteris was a seed fern with relatively small compact fronds which are bifurcated twice. Though most mariopterids are seed ferns, their natural affinity remains unclear. Mariopterids obviously had a climbing growth habit. This species, like other mariopteroids, had a vine-like growth habit and climbed with specialized climber hooks.


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SPECIES
Neuropteris sp., Mariopteris sp. & Macroneuropteris sp.
LOCATION
Leslie County, Kentucky
FORMATION
Breathitt Formation
SIZE
6.8 x 6.3" rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#176785
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