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LOT 2175
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fern Specimen Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 - 9 7/8 in. (3.04 kg total, 15-25 cm).
Five Pecopteris sp. fern specimens on irregular matrices [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From the Pradi Collection, Boston, USA.
Footnotes
These fern fossils are very common from coal mining areas around the world. However, it is the unique state of preservation of the white on the black shale that gives the St. Clair ferns their beauty and rarity. This combination is not found anywhere else in the world.
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