Glossopteris branch
Glossopteris sp., axis
Permian259.5–252 Ma
- Catalogue
- FA-0112
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pteridospermopsida
- Order
- Glossopteridales
- Family
- Glossopteridaceae
- Locality
- Illawarra, New South Wales
- Unit
- Illawarra Coal Measures
- Age
- Late Permian (Lopingian)
259.5–252 Ma - Reference
- Wikipedia
A woody stem of Glossopteris rather than a leaf. Stems are much less commonly collected than leaves, since leaves were shed by the million every year and stems only once, when the tree fell.
This specimen
A limb junction is visible towards the top right of the specimen, where a smaller branch grew out from the main axis.