Natural History - British Fossil Fern Group

CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 310 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 - 3 3/8 in. (281 grams total, 76-87 mm).

A group of three fern specimens including Alethopteris sp. and Sphenopteris laurenti. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Middle Coal Measures, Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1821