Virginia Seed Fern Frond
Pennsylvanian
About Virginia Seed Fern Frond
The Virginia Seed Fern Frond is a plant fossil dating to the Pennsylvanian. Seed Fern Frond is a realistic Virginia fossil profile built around frond impression from extinct seed ferns in coal-age shales. In this state, success usually comes from learning roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●pinnate frond
- ●carbon film
- ●associated coal or shale matrix
- ●Check roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels
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