RARE19” Stigmaria root fossil, 3D  Preserved, Museum Centerpiece Display

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RARE19” Stigmaria root fossil, 3D  Preserved, Museum Centerpiece Display.
Condition is "Used".
RARE19” Specimen 3D Preserved Stigmaria Ficoides Lycopsid Sigillaria Lepidodendron.
It will be a great centerpiece to your collection due to the record size.
Pennsylvanian Age, fossilized
from an ancient extinct
Lycopod tree root section and approximately 310 to 360 million years old.
This fossil is solid with nice preservation.
This is one of my nicest finds. The Fossil Stigmaria plant roots are a type of branching tree root fossil found in Carboniferous rocks. They were the roots of coal forestly copsid trees such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron. Each trunk tended to have four of those roots.
These roots are found in all kinds of shapes. They can be round, flattened, bent, etc. The rounder ones were closer to the tree trunk while flattened ones were closer to the flat terminal ends of the roots.
Stigmaria ficoides was an early root in the forests around (325 MYA) during the Carboniferous times. The Carboniferous was prime time for early land plants which thrived in equatorial regions of the globe that were dominated by humid tropical swamps. These peculiar roots were capable of anchoring the 100'trees to peaty soil by spreading far and shallow. They were large limb-like structures covered in tiny spots, arranged in rows of ascending spirals. Each indentation is where a rootlet would have attached to the main stem in search of water and nutrients.
Heavy packaging.
Weight: 7lbs
Length: 19" long
Width: 4 1/4"
Thickness: 1 7/8"
Circumference 10