RARE British Silurian FOSSIL PLANTS Cooksonia sp. WENLOCK Series trilobite age

RARE British Silurian FOSSIL PLANTS Cooksonia sp. WENLOCK Series trilobite age (image 1/3)
RARE British Silurian FOSSIL PLANTS Cooksonia sp. WENLOCK Series trilobite age (image 2/3)
RARE British Silurian FOSSIL PLANTS Cooksonia sp. WENLOCK Series trilobite age (image 3/3)
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A RARE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST VASCULAR LAND PLANTS, COOKSONIACOLLECTED FROM THE SILURIAN ROCKS OF WENLOCK EDGE, SHROPSHIRE ENGLAND Collected from the mudstone layers within the Silurian Wenlock Limestone Series of Wenlock Edge, Shropshire, England, circa 425 million years old approx., this is a very good example of this, one of the earliest known land plants, Cooksonia sp.plus remains of further specimens on the reverse of the matrix Cooksonia is an extinct grouping of primitive land plants. The earliest Cooksonia date from the middle of the Silurian (the Wenlock epoch) the plant is very primitive and only grew to a few centimetres in height This is the earliest well-known land plant, and flourished during the late Silurian and early Devonian, it is named after Isabel Cookson, who occupied herself with intensive collecting and describing plant fossils. Cooksonia is the most primitive known vascular land plant. The earliest fossils of Cooksonia have been found in Middle Silurian Wenlock strataon a small piece of matrix measuring 8cm by 2cm by 2cm approx., the fossil measures just under 1.5cm approx. NICE EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE FOSSIL OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED LAND PLANTSA POINT OF HISTORICAL INTERESTTHIS SPECIMEN WAS COLLECTED ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE GREAT NATURALIST CHARLES DARWIN IF PICTURES FAIL read more
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