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Old 07-10-2010, 05:47 PM
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Default Rather old tree from near Widdrington!









FOSSIL TREE — SIGILLARIA Sp,
This specimen, a member of the LYGOPODIALES group of plants, was recovered from Radar North Site on 2nd October 1969 at a depth of approximately 50 feet and is thought to be about 250,000,000 years old. Renovation was kindly carried out by the Geology Department of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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