300 Million Yr Old Fern Fossil from Mazon Creek, Illinois w/Free Display Stand, Fact Sheet & 2nd Fossil

300 Million Yr Old Fern Fossil from Mazon Creek, Illinois w/Free Display Stand, Fact Sheet & 2nd Fossil

Genuine 300 Million Yr Old Fern Fossil From Mazon Creek, Illinois w/Free Display Stand, Fact Sheet & 2nd Fossil. Your fossil fern will be randomly chosen from the assortment shown above. The Fossil size is variable and can be as small as 1 1/2" long to as long as 5 " The Fossil size is variable and can be as small as 1 1/2" long to as long as 5 " Your fossil will be partial but some are near complete. Your FREE fossil will be a smaller size (not shown) and will only have a very small partial fern. partial fern. A nice beginner kit for any young paleontologist and a great start to a fossil collection. A super show-n-tell item! Genuine 300 Million Yr Old Fern Fossil From Mazon Creek, Illinois w/Free Display Stand, Fact Sheet & 2nd Fossil.The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a conservation lagerstätte found near Morris in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions, formed approximately 309 million years ago in the mid-Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. These concretions frequently preserve both hard and soft tissues of animal and plant materials, as well as many soft-bodied organisms that do not normally fossilize.The quality, quantity and diversity of fossils in the area, known since the mid-nineteenth century, make the Mazon Creek lagerstätte important to paleontologists, in attempting to reconstruct the paleoecology of the sites. The Mazon Creek fossils are found in the Upper Carboniferous Francis Creek Shale; the type locality the Mazon River (or Mazon Creek), a tributary of the Illinois River near Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. A nice beginner kit for any young paleontologist and a great start to a fossil collection. A super show-n-tell item! Great for schools and educators