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Date Posted:
9/9/2008
10:16:50 am EDT
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Ancient Trees Recorded In Mines
Author: Jonathan Amos Source: BBC News
Title: ANCIENT TREES RECORDED IN MINES
Spectacular fossil forests have been found in the coal mines of Illinois by a US-UK team of researchers.
The group reported one discovery last year, but has since identified a further five examples.
The ancient vegetation - now turned to rock - is visible in the ceilings of mines covering thousands of hectares.
These were among the first forests to evolve on the planet, Dr Howard Falcon-Lang told the British Association Science Festival in Liverpool.
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| Beautiful... | Sep 12th. at 12:26:38 am EDT
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Katmandu (elba, Alabama) - Email Me
and amazing. That fossil leaf almost looks like a lobe-leafed oak.
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| Digging Into The Archives... | Sep 11th. at 11:09:44 am EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
turns up some very interesting information about what kinds of changes we might expect in our own near future.
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