290-million-year-old ‘rare' forest unearthed in Brazil
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- 22 Jun 2022
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A fossilised upright forest, which seems to have been 290 million years old, has been found in southern Brazil by a team of researchers. It is being considered as a “window to the past” and can help in the study of plant’s evolution.
The trees in this forest have been preserved in vertical position, which is rare. The experts have discovered a set of 164 trunks of lycophytes (without fruits, flowers or seeds) of an extinct variety of tree.
Most important discovery
It is “the most important discovery in the southern hemisphere”, due to the quantity and quality of the preservation, said Thammy Mottin, geologist and PhD, Federal University of Paraná. He led the research alongwith collaborators from the University of California and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
“With an estimated age of 290 million years, these plants represent very primitive forms in the history of the Earth,” added Mottin. He has been studying the post-glacial period, where the climate was warmer and more conducive for the emergence of dense forests like the one found. Read More...
