Seed Fern Fossil from Long Closed Locality in Nova Scotia

Alethopteris valida

Tracheophyta (Pteriodophyllophyta), Class Pteriodphylleae, Order Pteridophyllales, Family Alethopterides

Geological Time: Pennsylvannian

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Plate: 9.3 by 9.7 inches; Fern: 5.6 inches long

Fossil Site: Forence Mine Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada

Code: PF402

Price: $95.00 - sold

The genus Alethopteris is among the seed ferns (Pteridospermales), an extinct group of gymnosperms. Although their foliage resembled that of modern ferns, they reproduced by means of seeds. This specimen was collected some 30 years ago in a Nova Scotia, Canada at a site long since unavaliable for collecting.

The serious plant fossil collector will find this specimen irreplaceable.

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