Lepidodendron fossil, Pennsylvanian age 300 million year old

Description

This is a 10" x 6.5" x 1" Pennsylvanian age, 300 million year old fossil showing the "bark" of the exterior of a Lepidodendron which was a plant that grew to treelike proportions during the Pennsylvanian age, some 300 million years ago.  Lepidodendron is actually a relative of modern day club moss.  This particular piece shows the typical diamond shaped or eye shaped pattern of the leaf scars on the exterior of the plant along  with some of the original plant material preserved as coal, all imprinted on sandy siltstone.  Excellent detail nicely presented and will make a nice addition to your collection.  There is a print of a fern tree branch on the reverse side of this piece.  This came from a coal mine in Alabama.