A groundbreaking chance discovery in southwest England in the Hangman Sandstone Formation revealed the world’s oldest fossilized forest. Dating back 390 million years, these ancient trees help grow ...

But this land, even during the Middle Devonian period, was never submerged under the sea. As Ver Straeten traced eleven of the lines, they all converged at a single point. It was then that he ...

Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million years ago. 4 min read When the Devonian period dawned about 416 million years ago the planet was changing its appearance. The great ...

FOR more than, a century, since the days of the pioneer workers on the Old Red Sandstone, the osteolepid fishes have proved a source of difficulty to vertebrate palæontologists, and even more so ...