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Lepidostrobus is a cone from lepidodendron tree.  It was named in 1828 by Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart (1801 – 1876), who was a French paleontologist, considered by many to be the father of paleobotany.  He also named Lepidostrobophyllum which are the individual cone bracts of which Lepidostrobus is the whole reproductive organ. See Mazon Monday #202.

The usual views of Lepidostrobus are from the side or the top. This fossil is unique, because it gives us a view from the bottom up. The coloring of the matrix brings the Morris area to mind. Maybe, Dresden Lakes or even Chowder Flats.