A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly 15 million years earlier than previously thought. Researchers found the fossil in the Mancos Shale Formation in Utah, in ancient delta deposits formed during a poorly understood interval in the North American fossil record.
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2zwrlD9
via IFTTT
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment