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Natural History - Neuropteris Fossil Fern
Natural History - Neuropteris Fossil Fern
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Description
Carboniferous Period, 350 million years BP. An outer section of the seed fern Neuropteris semirecticulatum with good preservation of the attachment points for the seed-bearing fronds, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: ‘CARBONIFEROUS. PLANT REMAINS. NEUROPTERIS SEMIRETICULATUM, Whitehaven, Cumbria’. 1 kg, 15.5cm (6"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Neuropteris is an extinct seed fern that existed in the Carboniferous period, known only from fossils. [No Reserve]
Condition
Fine condition.
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