Lignite wood from the Wealden Compton bay

Lignite wood
From the Cretaceous,Barremian stage.
Collected from the Foreshore between Compton bay and Brook bay,Isle of Wight.
A very interesting piece of Lignite, this represents a conifer that has been caught in forest fire,burned  Carbonised and preserved along with Iron Pyrite.
This would have been food for some of the Herbivorous Dinosaurs, that roamed the area now known as the Isle of Wight.
Measuring 35mm x 21mm