This is a 3d model of a part of a fossil stem of a giant lycopsid plant from the coal fields of Czechia, which formed during the Carboniferous Period (359–299 million years ago). This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display. **Specimen**: Large, coalified fossil lycopsid plant stem **Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/11066 **Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays) **Origin**: Karviná coal fields, Czechian Silesia, Czechia Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://nhm.at/en). Scanned and edited by A. Haider (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Space Spider Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).