REMAINS OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST VASCULAR LAND PLANTS, COOKSONIA

COLLECTED FROM THE SILURIAN ROCKS OF WENLOCK EDGE, SHROPSHIRE ENGLAND

Collected from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone Series of Wenlock Edge, Shropshire, England, circa 425 million years old approx., this is a rare example of this, one of the earliest known land plants, Cooksonia sp.

Cooksonia is an extinct grouping of primitive land plants. The earliest Cooksonia date from the middle of the Silurian (the Wenlock epoch) the plant is very primitive and only grew to a few centimetres in height

This is the earliest well-known land plant, and flourished during the late Silurian and early Devonian, it is named after Isabel Cookson, who occupied herself with intensive collecting and describing plant fossils. Cooksonia is the most primitive known vascular land plant. The earliest fossils of Cooksonia have been found in Middle Silurian Wenlock strata

this specimen is on a piece of matrix measuring 9cm by 7cm approx., the fossil measures 2cm approx.

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