Posted on 04/05/2021 12:44:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A large fossilized tree 20-million-years-old, preserved intact with its branches and roots, was found on the Greek island of Lesvos.
It is considered an extremely rare find, as it is the first time since 1995 when excavations began in the area of Western Lesvos by the Museum of Natural History of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, where a fossilized tree with its branches has been located.
The tree is about 19 meters long, and is said to have been preserved due to the thick layer of volcanic ash that covered it after it fell.
“It is a unique find,” Professor Nikos Zouros said, adding that it “is preserved in excellent condition and from studying the fossilized wood we will be able to identify the type of plant it comes from.”
The petrified forest, a 15,000-hectare UNESCO-protected site, is the result of a volcanic eruption 20 million years ago which smothered the island’s then subtropical forest ecosystem in lava.
In addition to the fossilised tree, a large number of fruit tree leaves from that time, along with animal bones, were found in the general area.
“During the excavations the various forests that existed between 17 and 20 million years ago on Lesvos are being uncovered and we can reconstruct the ecosystem that existed during that period,” he continued.
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Thanks! I wonder if they enjoy strawverries?
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Isn’t that where lesbians come from?
A friend wants to know.
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New earther are you then?
Don’t you mean VS?
I’m Old School ‘til death!
Nice! LOL!
And the earth is still flat?
And I always thought ‘Tucumcari’ was just a made up name by Lowell George:
https://americansongwriter.com/little-feat-willin-2/
Since when? It’s always been round in my book! Much like me...
I never knew what the song referred to until I saw the “next exit Tucumcari” sign, and as it was late, I just had to find a hotel there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAT3BXzVTME
The eocine to miocene sedimentary rocks of the Calvert Formation in Maryland (same age range as the tree parts in this article plus or minus) have fossil pollens and tree parts of maples, oaks and other species that are pretty close to temperate forests of today. It blows my mind, that if we landed in a temperate forest 20 or 40 million years ago we might be familiar with the scenery, but not even primates would be around yet.
I took a palynology course getting my BS in Geology in ‘89 at OSU. Never cared much for paleontology but LOVED the fossil pollens, many of them gymnosperms. So familiar yet so distant. Palynology is an incredible way of dating events, whether tens of millions or thousands of years old.
I was not aware of that. I am glad I know.
Red lipstick originally indicated the same availability.
In 1951 my parents were on their way to California with a new car they had just bought in Oklahoma. Passing through Tucumcari, they were forced to buy New Mexico license plates for the car.
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