Lattice shaped fossil on red rock.
Exhibition label text: Lepidodendron, 290 – 360 million years ago. Fossilised bark of a tree from the carboniferous period. These primitive trees reached 50 metres high. 17 x 14 x 4cm.
Fossilised tree bark from a primitive scaly coal forest tree, Carboniferous period, 290-360 million years ago. The different parts of a Lepidodendron have separate names. The branches are Lepidodendron, the cones, Lepidostrobus and the rootlike structures, Stigmaria.
Digital image on Keeper’s computer – S:/Keeper/MyPictures/Exhibitions/DisplayNewVisitorCentre. Taken July 2004.