An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently ...

The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of the ginseng family, as scientists ...

The fossilized plant leaves, Othniophyton elongatum, translates to ‘alien plant’ in English and was discovered in an ...

It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to identify common types, such as compressions and impressions. Incorporating the concepts of evolutionary ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a ...

Steven Manchester, curator of paleobotany at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Utah fossil expert, came across an unidentified plant fossil while visiting the University of California ...

A more recent analysis, however, has challenged that hypothesis. Steven Manchester, curator of paleobotany at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Utah fossil expert, came across an unidentified ...