#stigmaria — Public Fediverse posts

Stigmaria - this is a fossilized root section of a Lepidodendron "tree" still embedded in the rock.
Over 300 million years ago, this area was covered in forest of these large tree-like plants, related to modern Club mosses.
County Clare, Ireland.

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I love finding fossils on the Thames. here’s a chunk of Stigmaria, a plant root belonging to one of the colossal Carboniferous club mosses (which are not mosses at all: they are closer to true trees, but their leaves are attached directly to the stem, with no branches in between). this fossil would have been brought into the Thames with a shipment of coal from the north of England.
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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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Joining in #FossilFriday nothing exciting in the grand scheme of things but my first/only fossil finds local to me in Fife that got me interested, fossilised tree roots if my research was correct
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