Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Ash-covered forest...
is a 'Permian Pompeii' according to researchers.  Extraordinary preservation of a great diversity of plant fossils - an entire ecosystem of a peat-forming swamp quickly frozen in time -  makes this a stunning discovery.  Check out these images.
Labels:
botany,
geology,
paleontology
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