Fossilized branches and leaves of conifers are called Brachyphyllum. They are probably remains of araucaria.A series of lagoons in southern Germany, the Solnhofen Sea, evaporated cyclically and became highly saline and oxygen-depleted. As a result, all life in them died and was completely buried. Of course, this also affected submerged plants and their decomposers.Age: Upper Jurassic, Lower Tithonian, Mörnsheim strata;Locality: Mühlheim near Mörnsheim, Gailachtal, district of Eichstätt, Bavaria, GermanySize: approx. 9 x 7 cm; length of branch: 2,5 cmColors in product photos may differ from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Fossilized branches and leaves of conifers are called Brachyphyllum. They are probably remains of araucaria.A series of lagoons in southern Germany, the Solnhofen Sea, evaporated cyclically and became highly saline and oxygen-depleted. As a result, all life in them died and was completely buried. Of course, this also affected submerged plants and their decomposers.Age: Upper Jurassic, Lower Tithonian, Mörnsheim strata;Locality: Mühlheim near Mörnsheim, Gailachtal, district of Eichstätt, Bavaria, GermanySize: approx. 15,5 x 8,5 cm; length of branch: 13 cmColors in product photos may differ from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Please note: Uncertain designation, only appears on the label attached, but I could not find it. Therefore, cheaper.Period: Jurassic, Lias;Location: Beach near Graveliden, Hälsingborg, SwedenSize: 14.5 x 11 x 0.5 cmThe colours in the pictures may differ from those of the original. 

Annalepis were triassic lycopods playing a key role in the reconstruction of ecosystems after the Great Dying, the biggest mass extinction event in Earth's history, at the Permo-Triassic boundary. This fossil is a fruiting body, which produced spores (sporangia).Age: Triassic, Lower Keuper (Ladin)Locality: Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanySize: 0.5 cm; hand piece: 8 x 9 cmColors in pictures may slightly differ from the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Annalepis was a triassic lycopod that played a key role in the revival of ecosystems after the Great Dying at the end of the Permian. This fossil is the fruiting body, which produced spores.Age: Triassic, Lower KeuperLocality: Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanySize: ca. 2.5 cm; matrix: 6 x 7 cmThe colors on the pictures may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Age: Triassic;Locality: MadagascarSize: 11 x 9.5 x 1 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Araucarias are conifers with hard, pointed and blade-shaped leaves. Currently they are only found in South America and Oceania, which is a relic of their distribution on the southern prehistoric continent of Gondwana, that split into South America, Africa, India, Antarctica and Australia.Their wood fossilized as it became saturated with silica-containing water in the absence of oxygen. This water precipitated in the interstices as quartz, chalcedony or opal and replaced the wood, which was slowly decomposed by anaerobic bacteria. Other minerals in the water, mostly iron oxides, provided the coloration.Age: TriassicLocality: MadagascarSize: 2 - 3 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.Our photos serve as a reference, you will receive a piece of comparable quality with your purchase.

Age: TriassicLocality: MadagascarSize: 12 x 9.5 x 1.3 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Weighs 22 kg! A wonderful, large slice of petrified wood. You can clearly see the delicate wood structures as well as bark preservation, but special is that some knots are also preserved!This slice is very special, one of a kind in terms of color and preservation. It comes from the Petrified Forest National Park in the United States. Due to the national park status, it is now difficult to obtain pieces from there.The piece on offer comes from a disbanded collection and has also been very well polished.Age: Triassic;Locality: Arizona, USASize: 63 x 48 x 5.5 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Araucarioxylon arizonicumA unique and enchanting piece at first sight!Nature has accomplished an amazing piece of work here. Coloring and preservation are exceptionally good. The wood and bark structure are still very well recognizable, although this specimen is already 200 million years old.The slab comes from the "Petrified Forest National Park", about 180 kilometers east of Flagstaff in Arizona. It is difficult to get pieces from there, as the protection of this impressive area is gradually being extended. Offered here is a piece from an old collection.In addition, this specimen has been very well polished. This can be seen in the second and third picture.Age: Triassic;Locality: Arizona, USASize: 47 x 34 x 2 cmWeight: 6.3 kgThe colors in the pictures may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.You receive the pictured specimen.

Asteroxylon is one of the first land plants.Age: Middle Devonian;Locality: Lindlar, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 11 x 7,5 x 3 cmAsteroxylon is an extinct early vascular plant from the Devonian and is considered to lie near the base of the clubmoss lineage (Lycopsida). It has branching shoots up to several decimetres long with spirally arranged, simple leaf-like appendages and already possesses a primitive vascular (conducting) system.The finds from Lindlar in the Bergisches Land (Mühlenberg Formation, Middle Eifelian, Middle Devonian) belong to this early clubmoss flora and document one of the most important Middle Devonian plant localities in Central Europe. They show that higher land plants had already colonised shallow lake and river margins near the equator about 390 million years ago.Colors on product images may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Asteroxylon was one of the first terrestrial plants.Age: Middle Devonian;Locality: Lindlar, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 13 x 8,5 x 3 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

In the Tertiary period, water levels in the Rhineland were so high that the Lower Rhine Bay was a sea. The mangrove forests and coastal swamps of this period caused so much plant debris to accumulate that large coal seams were formed. These cones are sometimes found among them.Age: Neogene, Miocene, Horizont 7;Locality: Opencast Hambach, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: 9,5 x 3 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

In the Tertiary period, water levels in the Rhineland were so high that the Lower Rhine Bay was a sea. The mangrove forests and coastal swamps of this period caused so much plant debris to accumulate that large coal seams were formed. These cones are sometimes found among them.Age: Neogene, Miocene, Horizont 7;Locality: Opencast Hambach, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: 2,5 x 9,5 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Beautiful, rare and well-preserved leaf fossil from the well-known Dudley site.Its delicate leaf structures are clearly visible.Age: Middle Upper Carboniferous; Locality: Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, EnglandSize of fossil: 3 x 5 cm Geod: 5 x 7 x 2 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Danaeopsis is a land plant that was widespread in the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic era in Eurasia. This species is Danaeopsis lunzensis, which owes its name to the Lunz Formation of the same name.Age: Upper Triassic, Carnian;Locality: Lunz, Lower Austria;Size: 12 x 8 x 2 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Age: Tertiary;Locality: UnknownSize Fossil: 12 x 10 cmThe colors in the pictures may differ slightly from the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Age: Miocene;Locality: Unterwohlbach, Bavaria, GermanySize Fossil: 16,5 x 18,2 x 2 cmThe colors in the pictures may differ slightly from the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Seed fern, supplied in a collector's box.Age: Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian;Locality: Saar region, GermanySize: approx. 4 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.All our pictures are for reference only. You will receive a specimen of comparable quality with your purchase.

Age: Permian, Rotliegend;Location: Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: approx. 17 x 7 x 4 cmThe colors of the original can deviate slightly from those of the product photos due to representation.

Age: Permian, Rotliegend;Locality: Brickyard ("Ziegelei") Eimer, Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: approx. 21 x 26 x 3 cmThe colors in the pictures may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

This is a typical bark of the sigillaria tree. The leaf scars are clearly visible in the parallel rows.Very nice large piece from the United States. Rare, as the site is exhausted.Age: Upper Carboniferous;Locality: Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USASize: approx. 37 x 18 cmColors in product photos may differ from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Sequoia abietina, also referred to as a fossil species of the genus Sequoia, is an extinct conifer that was present during the Oligocene to Miocene. It is closely related to modern redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) and was part of ancient subtropical and warm-temperate ecosystems.Such remains have been discovered in various locations across Europe, including Germany and Austria, often in lignite deposits or sedimentary formations of the late Oligocene to early Miocene.Age: Upper MioceneLocality: Inden open-cast mine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 1,5 cmThe pictures are for reference, with your purchase you will receive one specimen of comparable quality.Colors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Fruit from lignite.In the Tertiary period, waters in the German Rhineland were so deep that the Lower Rhine Bay was an ocean. The mangrove forests and coastal swamps of this period accumulated a lot of plant material, from which large coal seams were formed. This fruit is sometimes found in them.Age: Tertiary, upper Miocene;Locality: Düren, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: 3 - 4 cmFor technical reasons, the colors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen.Our photos are for reference only, you will receive a piece of comparable quality with your purchase.

Rhederodendron is now only found in Indochina and southern China. This should give you an idea of the climate in the Rhineland when these seeds were growing. The genus is named after Alfred Rehder, a botanist.Age: Upper MioceneLocality: Inden open-cast mine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 3-4 cmThe pictures are examples. You will receive a piece of comparable quality.Colors on photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

From an old private collection, sligthly polished.A beautiful piece of wood with typical graining and nice colors.Age: unknownFundort:  unknownGröße: 19 cm x 12 cm x 6 cmThe pictures can differ in color from the originals for technical reasons.

Age: Tertiary, Oligocene, Chattium;Locality: Wiesa-Hasenberg near Kamenz, West Lusatia, Saxony, GermanySize: approx. 5 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.Our pictures are for reference only, when purchasing you will receive a specimen of the same quality.

The Ginkgo is one among the ‘living fossils’. Its only living representative, Ginkgo biloba, is native to China, but is used worldwide as a decorative plant.Ginkgoites huttonii is an extinct species belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family.  This genus of relatively rare, non-flowering plants first appeared in the Permian geological epoch 250 million years ago. Evolution within the genus was slow and almost all species were extinct by the end of Pliocene.The specimen shown here stems from Jurassic sediments on the North Sea coast of England. The deeply incised leaves of this fossil specimen are very similar to those of the modern species.Age: Jurassic, Upper Lias;Locality: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, EnglandSize: 14 x 11.7 cm, larger ginkgo leaves: approx. 7 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Cut panel with several large Glossopteris leaves. Strong red tones stand out against the pink matrix and small veins in the leaves are extremely detailed.Glossopteris was an arborescent seed fern, a group of distantly related plants that testify to the transition of ferns to seed plants. As the namesake of the Glossopteris flora, they are of extreme palaeontological importance. Since they appeared in Australia, Antarctica as well as in Africa and South America, their distribution was seen as one of the many evidences of plate tectonics and continental drift. The disintegration of Gondwana, where the plant actually grew, gave rise to all these continents.Age: PermianLocality: Dunedoo, New South Wales, AustraliaSize: 14.5 x 13 x 4 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.   

Age: Miocene;Location: Loeben, Styria, AustriaSize: 19.5 x 14 x 0.5 cmThe colours in the pictures may differ from those of the original. 

Megasporophyll cones.Part of the lycopsid Lepidocarpon.Age: Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian, Coal measures, Llewellyn Fomation;Locality: Wanamie, Luzerne Country, Pennsylvania, USASize of the plate: ca. 5,8 x 4 x 0,5 cmThe colors in the picture may differ from the original due to technical reasons.

Age: Carboniferous;Place of discovery: Kamp-Lintfort, GermanySize: approx. 29 x 14 x  3 cmThe photo may differ slightly in color from the original.

Age: Upper CarboniferousLocality: Saarland, GermanySize: approx. 11 x 10 cmLepidodendron is a genus of "scale trees" from the Carboniferous period. One of the largest plants of its time, it grew up to 40 meters high with a trunk diameter of up to 2 meters. Certain cones of the scale tree family bear the genus name Lepidostrobus. Here you can see a particularly beautifully preserved specimen.The photo may differ slightly in color from the original piece due to technical reasons.

Silicified wood, limonitized with fine quartz.Glitters beautifully in the light!Age: Paläogen, Eozän;Locality: Braunkohletagebau Zwenkau, Leipzig, SachsenSize: approx. 17 x 3,3 x 1,5 cmA silicified, limonitized wood piece with quartz druse from the Zwenkau opencast lignite mine near Leipzig exemplifies multiple stages of wood transformation in a Tertiary lignite environment. The wood was initially permineralized or replaced by silica-rich solutions, gradually substituting organic matter with microcrystalline quartz. Subsequent limonitization occurred as iron-bearing fluids infiltrated the already silicified wood, depositing limonite (brown ironstone) along cracks or structural features. The overgrowth of quartz druse on the surfaces indicates a later open cavity phase where clear quartz crystals precipitated from silica-saturated waters. Overall, this specimen documents successive diagenetic and mineralization phases in the former lignite mining area.The colors on the photo may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Age:  Permian;Locality: Petrified-Forest, USA;Size: 7 x 2 x 4 cmThe color on pictures can differ slightly from originals for technical reasons.

Positive and negative of a well-preserved leaf fossil from the well-known Dudley site.Its leaf structures are clearly visible.Age: Middle Upper Carboniferous; Locality: Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, EnglandSize of fossil: 9 x 4 x 2,5 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Age: Permian, Rotliegend;Location: Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: approx. 18 x 14,5 x 1 cmThe colors of the original can deviate slightly from those of the product photos due to representation.

Age: Permian, Rotliegend;Location: Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: approx. 30 x 18 x 2 cmThe colors of the original can deviate slightly from those of the product photos due to representation.

Petrified wood, both sides polished.Age: Lower Jurassic;Locality: MadagascarSize: approx. 7 x 5.5 x 4 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

The silicification has preserved the inner structure and the color of the wood very well.Free-standingPeriod: Tertiary;Location: SiamSize: 11 x 12 x 7 cmDue to technical reasons, the colors on the pictures may differ slightly from the original.

Carboniferous, Famennian;Kornelimünster near AachenSize: ca. 6 cm x 5 cm x 2 cmThe colours on the pictures may slightly differ from the original specimen.

Age: Carboniferous, Famenne;Locality: Kornelimünster (Wahlheim), Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize of the larger piece: approx. 10 x 9 x 0.5 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Age: Middle Devonian;Locality: Schwarzbachtal, Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 17 x 7 x 3 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Age: Middle Devonian;Locality: Bredenbruch (Gummersbach), Aggertalsperre, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 10 x 10 x 1.5 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Age: Middle Devonian;Locality: Rüst in Stolberg near Aachen, GermanySize: approx. 8 x 6 x 2 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Eocene, BalticsAge: EoceneLocality:  BalticSize of amber: approx. 1,8 x 1,2 x 0,8 cmSize of insect: approx. 0,8 x 0,1 cmThe amber will be delivered in a small magnification box with picture.

Multiple fern residues on matrix showing the typical reddish color of this locality.Beautiful, rare specimen!Originally from an old collection.Age: Jurassic, Lias, HettangLocality: Höferänger, Kulmbach near Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany Total size of the piece: 19,2 x 14 x 1,6 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Unique piece - one of a kind! Large slabs like this are rarely available for purchase.Rhynie Chert is a locally occurring freshwater sediment formed wherever rivers and ponds made contact with hydrothermal vents, silicifying their deposits. This resulted in a highly detailed conservation of plants and possibly arthropods.As a result, Rhynie is a very important site for invertebrate palaeontology and early vascular plants such as Rhynia, Aglaophyton, Horneophyton and Asteroxylon. Mycorrhizal fungi and lichens such as Winfrenatia reticulata are also excellently preserved.Often preserved down to the cellular level, these fossils allow a detailed study of the organisms and their ecology.The Rhynie Chert is the first known terrestrial ecosystem and remains a key area for the study of early land colonization.You will receive the specimen pictured.Age: Devonian, Emsian, Eifelian (approx. 400 million years old)Locality: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United KingdomSize: approx. 11 x 8 x 1 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Age: Devonian, Emsian, Eifelian (approx. 400 million years old)Locality: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandSize: approx. 13,2 x 9 x 0,8 cmPolished slab with plant fossils.The locally occurring Rhynie Chert is a freshwater sediment formed where rivers and ponds came into contact with hydrothermal vents, causing their deposits to silicify. This resulted in a highly detailed preservation of plants and possibly arthropods. This makes Rhynie a very important site for invertebrate palaeontology as well as early vascular plants such as Rhynia, Aglaophyton, Horneophyton and Asteroxylon. Mycorrhizal fungi and lichens such as Winfrenatia reticulata are also excellently preserved.The fossils are often preserved down to the cellular level, allowing a detailed study of the organisms and their ecology.The Rhynie Chert is the first known terrestrial ecosystem and remains a key area for the study of early land inhabitationThe colors in the pictures may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Unique piece - one of a kind! Large slabs like this are rarely available for purchase.Rhynie Chert is a locally occurring freshwater sediment formed wherever rivers and ponds made contact with hydrothermal vents, silicifying their deposits. This resulted in a highly detailed conservation of plants and possibly arthropods.As a result, Rhynie is a very important site for invertebrate palaeontology and early vascular plants such as Rhynia, Aglaophyton, Horneophyton and Asteroxylon. Mycorrhizal fungi and lichens such as Winfrenatia reticulata are also excellently preserved.Often preserved down to the cellular level, these fossils allow a detailed study of the organisms and their ecology.The Rhynie Chert is the first known terrestrial ecosystem and remains a key area for the study of early land colonization.You will receive the specimen pictured.Age: Devonian, Emsian, Eifelian (approx. 400 million years old)Locality: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United KingdomSize: approx. 19,5 x 9 x 1 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Unique specimen!  Rarely are such large slabs found available for purchase.Slightly polished with many individual features, see detailed photos.Locally occurring Rhynie Chert is a freshwater sediment formed where rivers and ponds made contact with hydrothermal vents, silicifying their deposits. This resulted in a highly detailed conservation of plants and in some cases arthropods.As a result, Rhynie is a very important site both for invertebrate palaeontology and for early vascular plants such as Rhynia, Aglaophyton, Horneophyton and Asteroxylon. The preservation of mycorrhizal fungi and lichens such as Winfrenatia reticulata is also excellent.Often preserved down to the cellular level, these fossils allow a detailed study of the organisms and their ecology.Rhynie Chert is the first known terrestrial ecosystem and remains a key area for the study of early land inhabitation.You will receive the specimen pictured.Age: Devonian, Emsian, Eifelian (approx. 400 million years old)Locality: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United KingdomSize: approx. 18 x 10 x 0,8 cmColors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Beautifully preserved seeds of the extinct plant Cordaites. In the cool forests of the Russian-Siberian platform there was a great variety of these seed-bearing plants. Some of them preferred swamp-like conditions and grew like mangroves. This group has some relationship to modern conifers and may represent some of the earliest cone-bearing plants on earth.It's worth a look with a magnifying glass!Age: Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian A, Kohlscheid strata;Locality: Pit Anna, Alsdorf, Aachener coalfield, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: approx. 11 x 7 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Leaf fossil of Sapindopis from Lebanon, probably related to plane trees, on limestone slab.Age: Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian (approx. 100 million years old);Locality: Naqura, LebanonSize fossil: 20 cm; slab: 19.5 x 22.5 x 1.5 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Beautiful, rare and well-preserved plant fossil from the well-known site of Dudley, the capital of the so-called “Black County”.The fine leaf structures are very recognizable.A fossil of this plant was found in the coalfields of Dudley in the 1880s. Neuropteris was a genus of seed fern that existed during the Carboniferous period some 300 to 200 million years ago. Neuropteris fossils are important for understanding the early evolution of seed plants. They show features such as megasporangia and developing integuments, which are the precursors to the development of actual seeds.Age: Middle Upper Carboniferous; Locality: Dudley, Staffordshire, West Midlands, EnglandSize: 7.5 x 11 cmColors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

A special feature of this piece is the preservation of a curled juvenile frond at the edge of the plate.Beautiful fern, some leaves are almost three-dimensionally preserved.Age: Carboniferous; Locality: Maybach pit, Friedrichsthal-Maybach, Saarland, GermanyTotal size: 13 x 23 x 3.5 cm; juvenile shoot: 1 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Age: Miocene;Location: Želénky, CzechiaSize: 12 x 9.5 x 3 cmIncluding the historic label.The colours in the pictures may differ from those of the original. 

Silicified wood in the palatinate region is mainly driftwood that was deposited in sandstone and gradually filled and replaced with silica. The coloration is a result of iron oxides, which give the Rotliegend its name. The most common species in this area is Dadoxylon.Beautifully polished, making the wood structure easily recognizable.Age: Permian, Rotliegend/Capitanian (approx. 260 million years)Locality: Reichweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: 21.5 x 10.5 x 4 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from those of the original piece due to technical reasons.

A beautiful piece of Araucaria wood of the species Araucarites sanctaecrucis with typical grain.RAREAge: Upper Jurassic;Location: Petrified Forest of Rio Deseado, Cerro Cuadrado, South-Central Patagonia, ArgentinaSize: 6.5 x 3 x 3 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Silicified wood, limonitized with fine quartz.Glitters beautifully in the light!Age: Paläogen, Eozän;Locality: Braunkohletagebau Zwenkau, Leipzig, SachsenSize: approx. 19,5 x 5,5 x 2 cmA silicified, limonitized wood piece with quartz druse from the Zwenkau opencast lignite mine near Leipzig exemplifies multiple stages of wood transformation in a Tertiary lignite environment. The wood was initially permineralized or replaced by silica-rich solutions, gradually substituting organic matter with microcrystalline quartz. Subsequent limonitization occurred as iron-bearing fluids infiltrated the already silicified wood, depositing limonite (brown ironstone) along cracks or structural features. The overgrowth of quartz druse on the surfaces indicates a later open cavity phase where clear quartz crystals precipitated from silica-saturated waters. Overall, this specimen documents successive diagenetic and mineralization phases in the former lignite mining area.The colors on the photo may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Multiple fern residues on matrix showing the typical reddish color of this locality.Beautiful, rare specimen!Originally from an old collection and you can still see the beautiful detailed preservation of the pinnation.Age: Jurassic, Lias, HettangLocality: Kulmbach near Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany Total size of the piece: 16 x 12,5 x 1,7 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Small fruit from lignite.Age: Tertiary, Oligocene, Chattian;Locality: Wiesa- Hasenberg near Kamenz, Lusatia, Saxony, GermanySize: approx. 1-1.5 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.Our pictures are for reference only, when purchasing you will receive a specimen of equivalent quality.

Taeniocrada, a species of extinct leafless plants, is one of the earliest land plants.This specimen was found in the Lower Devonian of the Brohl Valley.It is often associated with the so-called rhyniophytes or similar primitive vascular plants, which played a key role in plant evolution.They have been found to be important for understanding the evolution of early vascular plants and show transitional features between aquatic and terrestrial life forms.Taeniocrada represents a phase of plant evolution in which simple structures dominated and more complex flora such as ferns and seed plants developed later.The piece shows plant remains on both sides of the rock.Age: Lower DevonianLocality: Kempenich, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanySize: approx. 18.5 x 9 x 2 cmColors on the product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

During the tertiary period, waters in the Rhineland rose so high that the Lower Rhine Bay was an ocean. Mangrove forests and coastal swamps of this period accumulated large quantities of plant material, resulting in considerable coal seams. These remains of the bald cypress can sometimes be found in them.Age: Upper Miocene, Inden strata, Fischbachtone;Locality: Frechen open-cast lignite mine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyOverall size: 6 x 12 x 1 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.

Fruit from lignite.Water levels in Germany's Rhineland were so high during the Tertiary period - the Lower Rhine Bay was a sea. Mangrove forests and coastal swamps accumulated enough plant material during this period to form large coal seams. Such a fruit is occasionally found in them.Age: Tertiary, Miocene;Locality: Inden (Rhineland), Düren district, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize: 3 - 4 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.Our pictures are for reference only, when purchasing you will receive a specimen of equivalent quality.

Age: Upper Carboniferous; Locality: Lambusart, Fleurus commune, Hainaut province, BelgiumPrice applies to the entire lot.Colors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Fossil of the most common conifer in the Permian with substance conservation.The locality has since been sealed and backfilled!Age: Upper Permian, Zechstein I; Locality: Pit 4, Friedrich-Heinrich colliery near Hoerstgen, close to Kamp-Lintfort, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySize fossil: approx. 7 cm; matrix: 11 x 7 cmColors on product photos may differ from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.

Ullmannia frumentaria was a typical plant of the Permian Kupferschiefer.The characteristic needle-shaped 'leaves' of the plant can be seen here, with stomata on both sides.Age: Upper Permian, Lower Zechstein, Kupferschiefer;Locality: Richelsfdorf brewery, Wildeck municipality, Hesse, GermanySize: 10.5 x 8 x 0.5 cmColors on pictures may differ slightly from the original piece due to technical reasons.

Voltziales is an extinct species of seed plant and is considered the ancestor of today's conifers. This specimen shows the imprint of the branches of the conifer. Age: Triassic, Upper Buntsandstein;Locality: Pit Reinberger, Petersbach, near La Petite-Pierre, northern Phalsburg, Elsass, FranceSize: approx. 17,5 x 13,5 x 2 cmColors on photos may differ slightly from the original due to technical reasons.

Extremely rare pieces from the Bolca site! These come from a friendly business relationship between Krantz and Bolca, pieces from our old collection.A plant fossil from Monte Bolca is an absolute rarity, especially when compared to the far more numerous and internationally renowned fish fossils. Age: Eocene;Location: Monte Bolca, Verona, ItalySize: 16 x 12.3 x 1 cmThe colours in the pictures may differ from those of the original.