This is a ironstone fossil nodule with a branch of of the species Pecopteris oreopteridia from the classical Mazon Creek lagerstaetten. | |||
Location: | Mazon Creek, Braidwood, Illinois , USA | ||
| Size of concretion : | about 74 x 65 mm | ||
| Age: | Upper Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian , Carbondale Fm. (about 300 Ma) | ||