Fossilized "alien plant" from 47 million years ago unlike anything alive today
This fossilized plant excavated in Green River Formation, Utah is entirely unlike anything living on Earth today. It lived 47 million years ago and hasn't been seen since. That's why scientists have named the mysterious plant "Othniophyton elongatum," Greek for "elongated alien plant." — Read the rest
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