The History of Land Plants

Fossil Specimens from the Lobby Display Case

This display case was set up in the lobby to make visitors aware of the temporary exhibit. Specimens were selected because they were showy.

Scale = 2 cm

        Rhacopteris sp., Carboniferous              Araucarioxlyon arizonicum, Chinle Formation

    Near Osnabruck, Presburg, Germany            Late Triassic, Arizona

                            Both from the Collections of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

         Asplenium sp. - Walking Fern                           Unidentified Angiosperm Leaf

                                      Both from the Green River Formation, Eocene,

            Rio Blanco Co., Colorado                                     Garfield Co., Colorado

                                                    Both From a Private Collection

Other Parts of the Exhibit

Lobby Display Case (A 'Teaser' Case for Visitors)

The First Trees 

Seed Plant: Boldly Growing Where No Plant Has Grown Before 

Monster Plants That Created Coal  

Plants The Dinosaurs Ate 

Flowering Plants: The New Revolution