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Name: #3055 - Fern Fossil in Shale from Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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#3055 – Fern Fossil in Shale from Portsmouth, Rhode Island

#3055 – A Fern Fossil (Pecopteris arborescens) in Shale from Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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Tags: Fern, fossil, Pecopteris arborescens, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Shale

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#3055 – A Pecopteris arborescens Fern Fossil in Shale from Cory’s Lane Prospect, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Fern leaf cluster 1.57 x .4 inches in size on a shiny graphitic Shale. The geologic origin of fern fossils in shale from Portsmouth, RI, dates back to the Pennsylvanian Period (approximately 306 million years ago) in the ancient Narragansett Basin.