Dawdon's Fossil Tree
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Description
"This fossil remnant of a tree has been installed on the open ground above Nose's Point, . The plaque reads "The fossil here is likely to be a remnant of Sigillaria or club moss, a species that survives today as a short ground-hugging plant. But in the Carboniferous swamps and forests, around 320 million years ago, it could grow up to 30 metres high. This fossilised remnant is a section of the main trunk and would have quite a large specimen. It was discovered in Dawdon Colliery."" Photo by Oliver Dixon, 2016. -
Owner
Oliver Dixon -
Source
Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License -
Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4822549
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 7 years, 3 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2016-02-10 -
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