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World’s oldest fossil forest

December 24 , 2019 1932 days 1575 0
  • Scientists have recently discovered remnants of a 386-million-year old world’s oldest fossil forest in a sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York, United States.
  • This forest is around 2 or 3 million years older than the current world’s oldest forest at Gilboa.
  • The research showed that the forest was home to at least two types of trees Cladoxylopsids and Archaeopteris.
  • The third type of tree was also uncovered but is still unidentified.
  • These trees reproduced using only spores rather than seeds.

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