Fossil fern in cage : PECOPTERIS POLYMORPHA
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This fossil Pecopteris polymorpha, dating back to the Carboniferous about 300 million years ago, was discovered in the mines of Montceau-les-Mines, in France. These mines, exploited for coal mining, have preserved exceptional remains of prehistoric flora due to favorable geological conditions. Pecopteris polymorpha belongs to a genus of ferns characteristic of this era: tree ferns. Part of a collection from the 1970s, identified at that time.
