At a fossil site in Cairo, New York, researchers found the extensive root system that shows evidence of leaves and wood during the Devonian Period, which occurred from about 416 to 359 million ...

The remnants of the oldest known forest have been identified in a New York quarry. The fossils are 386 million ... “By the end of the Devonian period [360 million years ago], the amount of ...

Evidence of the world’s oldest forest, dating back some 385 million years, has been discovered in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York ... the middle of the Devonian period (about 419 ...

Believe it or not, New York has a rich fossil history dating back approximately 416 million years ago. This geological period is known as the Devonian, spanning 60.3 million years. I learned this ...

upstate New York. In a quarry in Cairo, near the Catskill Mountains, researchers uncovered the earliest fossil forest to date. The fossils date back 386 million years, to the Devonian geologic ...

A historical marker commemorating Winifred Goldring, New York State's first female paleontologist, was unveiled at John Boyd ...

A fossil fish called Dunkleosteus was less svelte shark and more rotund tuna, but that only made it a fiercer predator in the seas of the Devonian ... Two New York men who bonded over bird ...

These findings could bring new insights into Devonian biodiversity. These recent discoveries suggest that the geological heritage of cities still holds many secrets. Who knows—perhaps another fossil ...