These findings provide valuable insights into the unique vegetation that once flourished in these prehistoric polar regions.
Using advanced methods such as ultraviolet photography and microscopic analysis, researchers have uncovered fine details of the leaf and cellular structures of these ancient plants.Researchers in western Tasmania have unearthed a collection of plant fossils, including two newly identified conifer species that were part of a “ polar forest ” dating back 53 million years.
“This discovery offers rare insights into a time when global temperatures were much higher than today,” study author Miriam Slodownik, a paleobotanist from the University of Adelaide in Australia. The fossil discoveries were made near Strahan, in western Tasmania, and revealed a diverse range of plant life, including two newly identified conifer species,The site also contained a variety of ferns and other tree species, many of which are ancestors of plants now found in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and South America.
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