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Based on fossil evidence, some have proposed that the ancestors of the angiosperms diverged from an unknown group of gymnosperms in the Triassic period (245–202 million years ago). Fossil angiosperm-like pollen from the Middle Triassic (247.2–242.0 Ma) suggests an older date for their origin, which is further supported by genetic evidence ...
The Popotosa Formation is the original locality for the Socorro flora, estimated to be 20 to 15 million years old. The Socorro flora is notable for its impressions of juniper foliage, angiosperm leaflets, and floral parts.
The presence of bodies of flowing water like rivers or streams is recorded in the terrestrial sediments of the Catahoula Formation. Fossils from this ancient environment are rare, but include petrified wood. [11] During the Miocene epoch of the ensuing Neogene period west-central Louisiana held a coastal plain.
Category: Neogene plants. 4 languages. ... Prehistoric plants of the Neogene Period, during the Middle Cenozoic Era Subcategories. This category has the following 2 ...
The identification of plant fossils in Cambrian strata is an uncertain area in the evolutionary history of plants because of the small and soft-bodied nature of these plants. It is also difficult in a fossil of this age to distinguish among various similar appearing groups with simple branching patterns, and not all of these groups are plants.
The following description is from USGS Bulletin 798 by C. R. Longwell in 1928: [3]. In all the large intermontane valleys adjacent to the Muddy Mountains and neighboring ranges there are thick clays or silts and associated deposits that have been relatively little disturbed by crustal deformation.
It preserves fossils dating to the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period and is particularly noted for Canid fossils. [2] [3] This unit consists of loosely-consolidated sandstone that crumbles easily. These sands carry the water of the Ogallala Aquifer and is the source of much of the water in the Niobrara River. [1]
The Copper Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also. Earth sciences portal;