A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

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Fifty million years ago, lush rainforests blanketed modern-day Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and the tip of South America. Now, researchers have discovered new fossils that reveal which plant ...

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Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian ...

Spores found in 480 million-year-old rock bring the fossil record in line with molecular estimates of when plants first adapted to life on land. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...

Scientists have discovered that an "alien plant" first found near a Utah ghost town 55 years ago doesn't appear to be related to any currently living family or genus. Paleontologists first found ...

Paleobiologists use fossil plants to reconstruct Earth’s past climate and inform climate change research today. Emily Leclerc Fossil plants reveal information about the temperature and precipitation ...