This is the "Fossil Friday" post #179. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to [email protected]. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world!
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We have a Pit 3 Reticulopteris munsterii for your enjoyment today. This concretion was collected last year. It opened this summer after a few months in freeze/thaw. R. munsterii is uncommon in the Mazon Creek fossil deposit,
R. munsterii is a seed fern, which is an extinct group of fern-like plant, which produces seeds for reproduction. The group went extinct during the Cretaceous mass extinction. R. munsterii was described by Walter A, Bell in 1938 from material found in the coal fields of Nova Scotia. Bell was a Canadian paleontologist and geologist. He wrote many papers during his career, mostly about the Carboniferous stratigraphy, paleobotany, and paleontology of Atlantic Canada.
