#fossilized fern

[uk-fossils]

Macroneuropteris & Sphenophyllum Fossil Leaf - Carboniferous - UK - Radstock Somerset - COA

This listing is for a 100% genuine fossil leaf specimen, featuring Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri and Sphenophyllum cuneifolium, two extinct plant species from the Carboniferous Period (~310 million years ago). This rare and beautifully preserved specimen was discovered in the Coal Measures of Radstock, Somerset, UK—a historically significant fossil site known for its exceptional plant fossils.

Your specimen was discovered by our own team members, Alister and Alison, on March 6, 2025, and has been cleaned, prepped, and treated by Alison to ensure its long-term stability and clarity of detail.

The fossil shown in the photo is the exact one you will receive, professionally photographed with a 1cm scale cubefor accurate sizing.

Species Information:

Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri: A seed fern (Pteridosperm) with distinctively large, veined leaflets, common in Carboniferous coal forests.

Sphenophyllum cuneifolium: A now-extinct vine-like plant related to horsetails, with wedge-shaped leaves adapted for climbing.

This museum-quality fossil is a fantastic addition to any fossil collection, an excellent gift for plant lovers and paleobotany enthusiasts, or an educational specimen for those interested in prehistoric ecosystems.

Each fossil comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, guaranteeing its authenticity and ethical sourcing.

Details:

Age: Carboniferous Period (~310 million years old)

Location: Radstock, Somerset, United Kingdom

Formation: Coal Measures

Type: Fossilised plant leaves

Size: See photo with 1cm scale cube for reference

Condition: Cleaned, prepped, and treated for preservation

Provenance: Hand-collected by our team members in March 2025

This is a unique opportunity to own a real piece of Earth’s prehistoric history. Add it to your collection today!

All of our fossils are 100% genuine specimens and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

[samimarkart]

fossil fanatic design for people like me!! had fun adding the tully monster one - i love a good mazon creek fossil

[basilfriedrice]

made a linocut stamp of the mighty coelacanth

[geologyin-blog]

Amazing Neuropteris (seed fern) Fossil with Exceptional Preservation From Grundy County, Illinois. Age: Pennsylvanian (~300 m.y.a.).

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[transparentfossil]

Natural Tree Fern Leaf Fossil Pennsylvanian

[housecow]

going to be devastatingly real. i don’t care about the paleozoic. i don’t care about the cambrian explosion. the carboniferous rainforest collapse is MAYBE intriguing at best and goddamn if i don’t get tired hearing about fucking lepidodendron “trees.” mesozoic and cenozoic always win >>>>

[nemfrog]

Neuropteris heterophylla, extinct seed fern. Art-studies from nature. 1872.

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Adopt: Fossie $65

Available!

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[fvedyetor]

If a frilled shark and a fern were to fight each other who do you think would win /genq

hold on i have to google

WTFF ok ok imma be serious here

its gonna have to go to fern bc no way is that shark getting onto land. if this was a tiktaalik vs fern fight that'd be a different story.

but i am giving the win to the fern because she can populate land like crazyyy and have strong defense system meanwhile silly frilled shark is stuck in the water with no good bone structure in its fins

[toastedstims]

A self-indulgent life and death inspired stimboard requested by @spacedustmantis !!!

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[solidagold]

Happy National Fossil day!! All of these beauties found in Pennsylvania :)

[samimarkart]

Mazonia Flora

screenprinted dye on linen, cotton batting, cotton thread and sourced handwoven wool on stretcher bars

my love letter to mazon creek fossils

[dropsofsciencenews]

Plants Surviving the Worst Mass Extinction

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When we think of mass extinctions, we often imagine the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, 65 million years ago. However, the greatest extinction event occurred between the Permian and Triassic periods, around 250 million years ago, eliminating over 96% of marine species and about 70% of terrestrial vertebrates. But how did plants fare?

According to a study conducted by University College Cork, the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna, plants did not experience a mass extinction comparable to that of animals. Nevertheless, their communities were severely impacted or even completely destroyed due to extreme climatic conditions: intense heat, drought, depletion of the ozone layer, widespread wildfires, and contamination by toxic heavy metals.

The study analyzed fossils from the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia, which at the time was located near the South Pole. Researchers gathered sedimentological data (physical, chemical, and depositional characteristics of sediments), biostratigraphic data (fossil distribution within rock layers), and stable carbon isotope ratios from organic matter, reconstructing environmental conditions of that era.

Fossils revealed that the first plants to recolonize devastated landscapes were conifers. Unfortunately, these conifers did not survive a subsequent period of extreme heat known as the Late Smithian Thermal Maximum, which lasted around 700,000 years. In this hostile environment, stress-tolerant, cosmopolitan lycophytes, similar to modern clubmosses, became dominant. Later, during a cooling event (Smithian-Spathian event), large and unusual seed ferns (such as "umkomasialea") emerged, gradually forming more stable and lush forests. These plants laid the foundation for the Mesozoic dinosaur era and the immense fern-dominated forests that persist in our collective imagination.

This research underscores the importance of protecting modern forests because, as the authors emphasize, "forests eventually recover, but the extinction of individual species is forever." Complete ecosystem recovery takes millions of years, and preserving today's plants ensures stability for future food webs and climate systems.

Pic by Fabien Monteil from Pixabay

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[doctor-lewin]

Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus 🦖☄️

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I’ve been posting a lot of Regretevator lately so this is something different

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[xeneric-shrooms]

I have been debating with myself for awhile now whether to keep a dragon I bought solely to breed for a scry project and have finally decided to keep the beautiful bastard, SportsDrink

I have dressed him up as a steampunk era diver. He's a scrap collector, scavenging the sea floor for sellable metal and equipment.

[lord-allo]

Meine Fossilien-Sammlung | My fossil collection

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Farn | Fern

Palmatopteris furcata

Saarland, Oberkarbon, vor ~ 309-302 Mio Jahren

Saarland (Germany), Upper Carboniferous, ~ 309-302 mya