What does Glossopteris mean and why do researchers care about Glossopteris fossils? The extensive range of these fossilized leaves shed light on plate tectonics and continental drift theory. Fossils ...

Antarctica wasn't always a land of ice. Millions of years ago, when the continent was still part of a huge Southern Hemisphere landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, ...

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IN a collection of plant fossils from Upper Bowen sediments in the Mount Coolon area of Queensland by a field party of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, fertile material of Glossopteris angustifolia ...

Feistmantel, O., Pal. Ind., Ser. 12, 4, Pt. 2 (1886). Feistmantel, O., Pal. Ind., Ser. 2, 3, 11, 12 (1881).

Aviwe Matiwane receives funding from the NRF African Origins Platform; and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences. Rosemary Prevec receives funding from the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in ...

Read. 1941. Brazil Div.Geologia E Mineralogia Mon. 12 : 79, pl.4,f.2;pl.5,f.1. NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

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There's a particular feeling of excitement that comes from receiving a gift. It's a feeling of the unknown, of anticipation - and then you unwrap the package and find something spectacular. As ...