Trees would have been home to primitive insects about 150m years before dinosaurs evolvedThe world's oldest known fossil forest has been discovered in a sandstone quarry in New York state, offering new insights into how trees transformed the planet.The forest, found in the town of Cairo, would have spanned from New York to Pennsylvania and beyond, and has been dated to about 386m years old. It is one of only three known fossil forests dating to this period and about 2-3m years older than the previously oldest known fossil forest at Gilboa, also in New York state. Continue reading...
World's oldest known fossil forest found in New York quarry
19. prosinece 2019 17:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/19/worlds-oldest-known-fossil-forest-found-in-new-york-quarry
Zdroj: The Guardian