Tag: forest
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390 million-year-old fossilized forest is the oldest ever discovered
LiveScience has a story about the discovery of a very old fossil forest. Found in southwestern England, this ancient forest dates to around 390 million years ago, during the Devonian Period. That makes it the oldest known fossil forest, about 4 million years older than the Gilboa fossil forest in New York. A description of the…
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Video for ESCONI December 2023 General Meeting – “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record”
The December 8, 2023 General Meeting presentation was held via Zoom. It was presented by Michael Donovan, Collections Manager, Paleobotany at the Field Museum will present “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record”. Plants and insects are the most diverse multicellular organisms on Earth, and their abundant interactions are fundamental components of ecosystems…
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The world’s oldest fossilized forest is in Greene County. It needs saving
The Times Union in Albany, New York has a story about the world’s oldest fossilized forest. The forest was discovered in a quarry in Cairo, NY, near where other ancient trees were discovered in Gilboa, NY. These lycopsid “tree” fossils date to the Devonian Period, about 400 million years ago. They were described in a…
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Video: ESCONI October 2020 General Meeting – “The Blue Forest of Ancient Lake Gosiute”
At the October 2020 General Meeting, we had Mike Viney speak about the petrified wood of the Blue Forest in Wyoming. The Zoom meeting video has been processed and is now available for viewing. After the presentation, Mike sent a pdf with many of his slides (RBlueForestOfAncientLakeGosiute). Mike is a Teacher in Residence at…
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NPR: Aussie Firefighters Save World’s Only Groves Of Prehistoric Wollemi Pines
NPR has a story about the state of the only natural groves of Wollemi Pines. Thought to be extinct the Wollemi Pines were “discovered” in the wilds of Australia back in 1994. It was a lifesaving mission as dramatic as any in the months-long battle against the wildfires that have torn through the Australian bush.…
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World’s Oldest Fossil Forest Unearthed
SciNews has a post about the oldest forest ever discovered. Located in Cairo, NY, near the Devonian fossil forest found near Gilboa, this forest has been dated to about 386 million years old, which is a couple million years older. Details can be found in a paper which was recently published in the journal Current…
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SciNews: Devonian Fossil Forest Unearthed in China
SciNews has a post about a Devonian aged fossil forest discovered in China. The fossilized forest dates to 360 million years ago and was found near Xinhang in China’s Anhui province. It is the oldest known fossil forest in Asia. A paper describing the fossils appeared in the journal Current Biology. The Xinhang forest covered…
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Five New Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica
National Geographic has a story about multiple new fossil forests which were recently found in Antarctica. Back in the Permian, Antarctica was covered in prehistoric greenery. The team of scientists, which included Erik Gulbranson from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, that discovered these forests were there to look for clues to what caused the Permian Mass…
