Fern - Alethopteris serli
Description
Ferns are common plants today, but they are related to plants that developed in the Devonian Period, over 360 million years ago. In order for ferns to live, they need a lot of moisture in the air and in the soil. Most plants grow from a seed, but ferns grow from spores, which are formed in little brown dots (sporangia) you sometimes see on the underside of a fern leaf. The large fern fronds fanned out at the top of a trunk, like palm fronds.
Object Information
Date Created:
2001-05-04T00:00:00.000+0000
Local ID:
https://db.fieldmuseum.org/b431e1f9-1f5e-4590-9b32-8d6fe30d1eac
Collection:
Paleobotany
Place of Creation/Discovery:
Mazon Creek, Illinois
Citation:
https://db.fieldmuseum.org/b431e1f9-1f5e-4590-9b32-8d6fe30d1eac PP 41955 Field Museum of Natural History
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Dalmanitidae
Genus:
Dalmanites
Species:
barrande
Scientific Name:
Dalmanites barrande
Common Name:
Trilobite