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Neuropteris attenuata

Neuropteris attenuata
Piesberg (near Osnabrück, Germ.), Upper Carboniferous.
Three fronds attached to one axis. The middle frond is 60 cm long. The fossil weights 35 kg.
The complete (tree) leaf was probably about 2 m long.

Neuropteris-like leaflets are attached to the axis in one point.