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Tree Fern?


Crazyhen

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This is said to be a Triassic tree fern from Guangxi, China.  It measures about 31cm in diameter.

 

Any idea if it is a tree fern or other fern?

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This look often is hard to pin down. It is sometimes suggested to be fern, and sometimes palm is preferred.

I don't have the expertise to call this one. 

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Nice specimen! If it's Triassic it wouldn't be a palm (Arecaceae), they're angiosperms and evolved in the Cretaceous. Along with true ferns like the tree fern group Marattialies, there were other major plant groups around, for example seed ferns (Spermatophyta), early gymnosperm conifers, and others. I don't know much about identifying petrified wood, though, just throwing out some options

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May be close to Psaronius?

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