Glossopteris

Geological Age: Permian, 299 million years ago

Location: Australia.

Fossil Leave specimens from the plant, Glossopteris meaning "tongue", (because the leaves were tongue-shaped) is the largest genus of the extinct order of seed ferns known as Glossopteridales.The plant was known to have grown along the palaeo-super continent of Gondwana during the Permian. These particular specimens come from Australia and are approx 3" x 2" and will come in a small card tray with information label.

Fossil specimens of this plant were found with the bodies of Captain Scott and his companions. They had been collected from Mount Buckley in the Transantarctic mountains. This species became a vital key in the development of the Gondwana theory and hence the theory of continental drift, changing the way that we view the world.