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[2] [7] [10] In the Middle Devonian period, when the Calamophyton forest was alive, the Somerset region would have been adjacent to Germany and Belgium. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] According to Christopher Berry, one of the scientists involved in the discovery, the preservation of the Calamophyton fossil forest, with trees still in the positions where they ...
The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest is a 500-acre (200 ha) natural preserve at 2150 Amwell Rd. about 3/4 of a mile east of East Millstone in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. It is known for its untouched stand of old growth forest. The Forest was declared a National Natural Landmark in December 1976. [1]
In March 2024 scientists reported the discovery of a fossilised forest of Calamophyton trees at a site near Minehead, its age being four million years greater than a fossil forest in New York State which had previously held the record as the world's oldest. [12]
Scientists working in southwest England have found the oldest fossilized forest known on Earth, according to a new study. Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest Skip ...
A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to ...
Researchers studying fossilized wood in the Panama Canal recently discovered that an Early Miocene mangrove forest once covered the area. A Lost Forest From 22 Million Years Ago Has Suddenly ...
The geology of Exmoor National Park in south-west England contributes significantly to the character of Exmoor, a landscape which was designated as a national park in 1954. . The bedrock of the area consists almost wholly of a suite of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Devonian, a period named for the English county of Devon in which the western half of the park si
Researchers studying on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal recently uncovered an entire lost ancient mangrove forest over 22 million years old, thanks to the discovery of the fossilized ...