Coal, from the late carboniferous
Coal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron. This specimen is from Dudley, West Midlands, England
Picture No
10703770
Media ID
47586877
Size
3000px x 2400px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Bark Carbon Carboniferous Fossilised Isoetopsida Kenrick Lepidodendraceae Lepidodendrales Lepidodendron Lycopod Lycopodiophyta Paleozoic Phanerozoic Resource Sedimentary
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