Object ID:
1919.17.213
Collection:
Carr Natural History
Object Name:
Fossil
Dimensions:
H-0.8 W-3.3 L-3.7 cm
Kingdom:
Plantae (Plants)
Phylum:
Tracheophytes
Description:
Carbonization of leaf from Medullosales specimen in siderite concretion.
Class:
Pteridospermatophyta
VE Exhibit Label 1:
The carbonized leaf pictured here comes from a seed-bearing plant, one of the first of their kind. Although this plant lived during the Carboniferous, roughly 350 million years ago, and went extinct during the time of the dinosaurs, the leaves of this plant have begun to look similar to leaves we see on trees today.
Fossilization:
Carbonization
Period:
Carboniferous
Site Name:
Mazon Creek, Illinois
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Carbonized leaf in concretion
Carbonized leaf in concretion