Lepidodendron Collection

Extinct scale tree, Lepidodendron of the Carboniferous era. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Extinct marine life in the first third of the Mesosoic. Crinoids, jellyfish, shellfish, molluscs, fish, etc. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life

Stigmaria ficoides, fossil root
This root is preserved in tough Carboniferous sandstone. Stigmaria is the name given to roots of the giant lycopod (prehistoric spore-bearing plant) Lepidodendron

Lepidodendron, fossil tree trunk
The reptilian appearance of the branch of this fossil tree is cause by the diamond-shaped pattern, which indicates the points of attachment of the leaves. This specimen is about 6cm in diameter

Extinct plant fossils: scale tree and horsetail.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Coal, from the late carboniferous
Coal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron

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