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“Alien Plant” Identified From 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Even Weirder Than We Thought
A peculiar cluster of fossils was retrieved from the Green River Formation in Utah back in 1969 – the 47-million-year-old leaves of an “alien plant” that was thought to be an unusual member ...
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‘Alien Plant’ Fossil Discovered In Utah Desert Doesn’t Belong To Any Known Species On Planet Earth
Only two known specimens of Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to “alien plant,” have ever been found, and this latest analysis revealed that the species wasn’t related to any known ...