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Seed Fern Collection

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Mariopteris muricata, seed fern

Mariopteris muricata, seed fern
A leaf of a Carboniferous seed fern plant from Staffordshire

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Glossopteris indica, Antarctic fossil leaf

Glossopteris indica, Antarctic fossil leaf
Fossilised plant leaf collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Neuropteris gigantea (Sternberg), Pteridosperm

Neuropteris gigantea (Sternberg), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Neuropteris gigantea, an Upper Carboniferous plant, a Pteridosperm, from Coseley, near Bilston, west Midlands. Range; Genus, Carboniferous; Species, Westphalian

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Alethopteris lonchitica, fossil seed fern

Alethopteris lonchitica, fossil seed fern
Shown here is a frond of the seed fern Alethopteris, specimen originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, England

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Alethopteris serli (Brongniart), Pteridosperm

Alethopteris serli (Brongniart), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Alethopteris serli, a Pterisosperm, a plant from the Upper Carboniferous, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous; species, Westphalian

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Dicroidium sp. seed fern

Dicroidium sp. seed fern
Fossil Triassic plant from Queensland, Australia

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Neuropteris, seed fern

Neuropteris, seed fern
Shown here is the Carboniferous seed fern plant, Neuropteris

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Glossopteris linearis, fossil leaves

Glossopteris linearis, fossil leaves
Fossil leaves which lived as a deciduous bushy plant, preserved on a bedding plane of Permian siltstone (Old Agfa film - not possible to duplicate)

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Glossopteris browniana

Glossopteris browniana
Fossil from Nagpur, India. Tongue-shaped leaves of the extinct Glossopteris are characteristic of the Permian and Triassic rocks of Gondwana. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Sagenopteris phillipsi, seed fern

Sagenopteris phillipsi, seed fern
Sagenopteris phillipsi, an extinct gymnosperm from the Jurassic period collected at Cayton Bay, Yorkshire, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Xenotheca devonica

Xenotheca devonica
Ovule (seed) bearing cupules of the early extinct gymnosperm from Devon, England dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Trigonocarpus parkinsoni

Trigonocarpus parkinsoni
Large nutlike seeds (about 2.5cm long) from the coal measures of England dating from Upper Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSeed Fern Collection: Glossopteris, fossil plant

Glossopteris, fossil plant
Shown here is Glossopteris, a fossil fern plant with tongue-shaped leaves with a net-like arrangement of veins


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