Clubmoss Tree Lepidodendron Branch Tip Fossil

Here is a new shoot, a branch tip, from a species of tree that lived over 300 million years ago! The leaf was preserved in a concretion nodule (mudball) that was delicately split to expose on the broken face, a delicately preserved offshoot!

The softer orange/brown side of the split nodule has absolutely amazing details of the trees inner bark texture and structure.

Specimen nodule : 6 x 4 cm

Locality : Francis Creek Shale, Braidwood, Illinois, USA

Age : Pennsylvanian Period (300-290 million years ago)