Fossilized leaves of Alethopteric lonchitidis

Credit: SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY.

Caption: Photograph showing the fossilized leaves of Alethopteris lonchitidis, a plant from the Upper Carboniferous period, found in a quarry near Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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Keywords: alethopteris, alethopteris lonchitidis, carboniferous period, fossil, fossil plant, fossils, palaeontology, paleontology, plant, plants

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