Palaeo vaultT1 Recorded. A direct record: a recording, specimen, photograph or transcript of the thing itself.Fossil specimen

Lepidodendron stumps, Fossil Grove, Glasgow

Eleven fossil lycopsid tree stumps preserved in place in a Carboniferous forest floor.

325 to 320 Ma · Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland · CTF-PAL-000003

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Line drawing of three fossil tree stumps on a forest floor.
Line drawing of three fossil tree stumps on a forest floor.

About this record

Discovered in 1887 in Victoria Park, the stumps stand where they grew about 325 million years ago. They are casts of giant club-moss relatives, not true trees, with root systems of the Stigmaria form.

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Reconstructed as