Sphenopteris laurenti, fossil fern

This specimen dates from the Middle Coal Measures, Carboniferous, Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England. The frond is 9 cms long.

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Keywords: carboniferous, derbyshire, fern, fossil, fossilised, frond, key, laurenti, paleozoic, phanerozoic, plant, polypodiophyta, prehistoric, prehistory, pteridophyta, pteridophyte, sphenopteridae, sphenopteris