Fossil of Neuropteris grandiflora, an extinct seed fern.

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Fossil of Neuropteris grandiflora, an extinct seed fern from the Carboniferous period. Handcoloured lithograph by an unknown artist from Dr. Schmidt's "Petrefactenbuch," published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr. Schmidt's "Book of Petrification" introduced fossils and palaeontology to both the specialist and general reader.

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