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Plant life on earth began in the Ordovician. Blue-green algae were forced to survive without water for a short time during the tidal cycles. In the Silurian the first real land plants appear, not more than five cm (two inches) high, with water-transporting tissue, a strong stem, and a wax-like outer layer to prevent water loss. However, they are still connected to the water by their means of reproduction with spores. The male germs can only swim to the female germ cells and fertilize these when there is enough streaming water. There are still plants that use spores now, like ferns. The first trees originated in the Devonian. The plants developed seeds, which are spread by the wind, so that they were not dependent on water anymore for their reproduction and could conquer the inland. The next era, the Carboniferous, is named after the coal that is formed during that period. The coal deposits resulted from swampy forests, with some trees reaching 50 m (165 ft). Flowering plants evolved in the Cretaceous. Many trees and bushes from this period still exist today.
Bibliography:
Plant life in the Devonian, P.G. Gensel, 1984, Praeger Publ. (New York, US)
Versteinerte Wälder, U. Dernbach, 1996, d’Oro Verlag (Heppenheim, Germany)
Origin and evolution of tropical rain forests, R.J. Morley, 2000, John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Chichester, UK)
Plants invade the land, P.G. Gensel, 2001, Columbia University Press (New York, US)
Der versteinerte Wald von Chemnitz, R. Rößler, 2001, Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz (Chemnitz, Germany)
Contributions to the fossil flora of the Western Territories. Part II, The Tertiary flora. L. Lesquereux, 1878, Government Printing Office (Washington, US)

	Ginkgoites plupartitus #GB5019 Ginkgo leaves "Berrias" L. Cretaceous, 120 Million years old Duiningen, Niedersachsen, Germany Size hight: 2 inch / 5 cm Price: Euro
Mariopteris spec. #MS0132 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Roumania Size plant : 3.6 inch / 9 cm Price : Euro 20.--
	Lepidodendron spec. #LS0133 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Roumania Size plant : 2.8 inch / 7 cm Price : Euro 10.--
	Sphenopteris crepini #PP835 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plate : 8.4 by 5 inch / 21 by 12.5 cm Price : Euro 70.--
Alethopteris grandini #PP836 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 3.2 inch / 8 cm Price : Euro 30.--
	Neuropteris attennuata #PP837 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 3.6 inch / 9 cm Price : Euro
	Eusphenopteris striata #PP839 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 2.4 inch / 6 cm Price : Euro 40.--
Sphenophyllum spec. #PP840 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 1.6 inch / 4 cm Price : Euro
	Trigonocarpus spec. #PP841 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 1.2 inch / 3 cm Price : Euro 60.--
	Unknown spec. #DP310 Old collection/Alt-fund, Nice Leave Miocene, 20 million years old Randecker Maar, Esslingen, Germany Size fossil: 1.4 inch / 3.5 cm Price : Euro 40.--
	Dicroidium odontopteroides #AI445 Rare, Seed fern Triassic, 230 Million years old Dinmore, Queensland, Australia Size : 2.2 by 5 inch / 5.5 by 12.5 cm Price: Euro
Sphenopteris cf. nummularia #PP769 On small matrix plate Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm Price : Euro 30.--
	Sphenopteris obtuse-dentata #PP770 On small matrix plate Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 1.6 inch / 4 cm Price : Euro 35.--
	Reticulopteris munsteri #PP774 On small matrix plate Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size middle plant : 3 inch / 7.5 cm Price : Euro 65.--
	Stylocalamites sp. #PP778 3d stem Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 2.8 inch / 7 cm Price :Euro 25.--
	Mariopteris robusta #PP780 On small matrix plate Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 4.2 inch / 10.5 cm Price : Euro 60.--
Cyclopteris sp. #PP781 On small matrix plate Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien D 303-311 million years old Piesberg/ Osnabruck / Germany Size plant : 2.6 inch / 6.5 cm Price : Euro 35.--

Glyptostrobus europaeus #GE554 Old collection Oligocene, 30 million years old Cereste, France Size fossil: 5.8 inch / 14.5 cm Size plate: 8 by 8 inch / 20 by 20 cm Price : Euro 150.--	Nice detail above
	Palaeodendron cf. salicinum #PS558 Old collection Oligocene, 30 million years old Cereste, France Size fossil: 1.2 inch / 3 cm Size plate: 2.4 by 2.4 inch / 6 by 6 cm Price : Euro 20.--
	Neuropteris spec. #NE003 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size length : 3 inch / 7.5 cm Price : Euro 30.--
Corynepteris angustissima #CA004 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size wide : 5.8 inch / 5 cm Price : Euro 20.--
	Sphenopteris numularia #SN005 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size length : 3 inch / 7.5 cm Price : Euro 20.--
Pecopteris arborescens #PA006 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size length : 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm Price : Euro 20.--
	Asterophyllites grandis #AG007 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size length : 1.2 inch / 3 cm Price : Euro 10.--
Stlolopteris winslowii #SW008 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size leave length : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm Price : Euro 10.--
	Corynepteris coraloides #CC009 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size leave length : 1.4 inch / 3.5 cm Price : Euro 10.--
	Alethopteris sp. #AS013 Upper Carboniferous, Westfalien 303-311 million years old Kladno / Czech Republic Size length : 4.6 by 2 inch / 11.5 by 5 cm Price : Euro 20.--
Pagrophyllum coniferophyta #3 With Fish Paramblypterus spec. RARE Permian, Rotliegendes, 285 million years old Bacov, Czech Republic Size plant: 10.8 inch / 27 cm Size plate: 14 by 8.8 inch / 35 by 22 cm Price : Euro 300.--
Fossil leave of a Poplar Miocene, approx. 22 million years old Bayern / Germany Size leave : 4.4 inch / 11 cm Price : Euro
	Rhacopteris sp. #107 Fern Permian, Rotliegendes, 262 million years old Odernheim, Germany Size plate: 4 by 2.8 inch / 10 by 7 cm Price : Euro 75.--