Spore Fern
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Great Lakes (MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Paleozoic - Carboniferous
label: Notes
content: These fragments of rock have fossils of sporn ferns on the surface that date to the Upper Carboniferous. A fern is a type of vascular plant that reproduces by spores. The rocks range in size from 24 cm x 5 cm to 4 cm x 4.5 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 4
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Illinois
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Polypodiopsida
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404444
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pteridophytina, Polypodiopsida