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World’s oldest Bamboo Fossil
February 8 , 2020
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- A fossil of a leafy branch discovered from the early Eocene in Patagonia in 1941 is still considered to be the oldest bamboo of the world.
- Additionally, a recent examination by Dr Peter Wilf from Pennsylvania State University revealed the real nature of the plant (Chusquea oxyphylla).
- The corrected identification is significant because the fossil in question was the only bamboo macrofossil still considered from the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
- The oldest microfossil evidence for bamboo in the Northern Hemisphere belongs to the Middle Eocene.
- While other South American fossils are not older than Pliocene.
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