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Pecopteris fern
 
Eastern Kentucky, USA
Pennsylvanian Period (~ 330 million years ago)
Fern leaves called Pecopteris grew abundantly in the coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period. These leaves dropped off of a 35 foot fern tree called “Psaronius“, one of the most common Paleozoic types. With its sparse and expansive branches, it resembled the modern day palm tree. It produced as many as 7000 spores on the underside of its leaves. These samples are well preserved in gray coal shale as many Carboniferous leaf fossils.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridophtya (meaning vascular plant with transport system for nutrients and fluids)
Class: Filicopsida (Ferns which reproduce with spores)
Order: Marattiales (primitive ferns)
Family: Marattiaceae
Genus: †Pecopteris

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Indeed it is.  I am ALWAYS getting these mixed up, AND I KNOW BETTER!  :blush:  THE LEAVES CENTER RIDGE SPLITS OFF... into small segments, a sign of Neuropteris!

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Indeed it is.  I am ALWAYS getting these mixed up, AND I KNOW BETTER!  :blush:  THE LEAVES CENTER RIDGE SPLITS OFF... into small segments, a sign of Neuropteris!

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