Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Stigmaria - a fossilized root section. In this case of a Lepidodendron - an ancient tree like relative of modern Club mosses that once grew up to 50m tall.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Bob McIntosh · @scotfot
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Lepidodendron yorkianum from the Carboniferous (from #BritishGeologicalSurvey R.L. Kidston photo collection). Looking similar to one of today's clubmosses http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=63645
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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
35 followers · 16 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgStigmaria - the fossilized root structure from an ancient tree-like plant called Lepidodendron. The accumulated remains of these 300 million year old plants make up modern day coal fields. County Clare, Ireland.
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