This is a fossilized Pecopteris specimen from the Carboniferous period approximately 300 years B.P. This specimen was found in Illinois.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on paleobotany, only the best of the sites that we visited! University of Wuerzburg Links for Palaeobotanists Web page at: http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/ mineralogie/palbot1.html The Botanical Society of America Summary-Paleobotany Web page at: http://www.botany.org/ bsa/millen/app-8.html The Florida Museum of Natural History Paleobotany Web page at: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ natsci/paleobotany/paleobotany.htm

Museum Loan Kits: No kit is available for the topic of paleobotany. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: At this time, the Museum Explorers Library contains no books on paleobotany. Please check back. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about paleobotany which may be available through your library: No materials available at this time. Please check back soon.

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. There are no previous school projects completed on paleobotany. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is a fossilized specimen of Annularia radiata. This plant lived during the Carboniferous period approximately 300 million years B.P.