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Lepidodendron sp.

PB Staff (PBS) · 2022 · Paleobotany specimen photograph (FossilSpecimen)

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Geological context: Late Mississippian, St. Louis Ls. Collection locality: 43 miles southeast of Pella, Iowa; found in shafts of former hand-operated coal mones with some additional erosion by water. Caves average 2 feet from floor to ceiling, Marion County, Iowa, USA. Collected by G. L. Smith, 1962/1968. PB number 173340; lot count 1; accn=YPM.07579.

Yale Peabody Museum’s own description

Subjects

Paleobotany FossilSpecimen Plantae Tracheophyta Lycopsida Lepidodendrales Lepidodendraceae Lepidodendron tracheophytes plants Late Mississippian St. Louis Ls

Credit lineLepidodendron sp. (YPM PB 173340). Photograph by PB Staff (PBS). Yale Peabody Museum, Paleobotany. CC0.

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