The fossilized skull of this new dinosaur species was unearthed from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation in Yunnan Province, ...

this is the oldest known fossil of the fern family Marsileaceae, dating back to the Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous period. But this “alien” plant seemed to hold onto its stamens even as it ...

Othniophyton elongatum fossil lacks links to known plant families Ancient plant found in Utah challenges classification attempts New fossil analysis reveals ...

Paleontologists are excited by a new "alien plant" fossil that was discovered just outside an abandoned town in Utah. The fossil is unlike anything that has been found thus far and has scientists ...

A quarry worker was stripping clay from the ground when he felt odd bumps—they turned out to be part of a ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

Near an ancient ghost town in Utah, a unique fossil plant is puzzling researchers. Among all known living or extinct plants, it defies any classification. In 1969, paleontologists discovered fossil ...

That’s why it's baffling that it remains so elusive and unlike anything else ever found on the planet. The 47 million-year-old plant fossil that continues to baffle researchers. It's become known as ...

Newly discovered fossils matched up with a mysterious “alien plant” species found in 1969 and brought it to clearer life. It’s even stranger than scientists initially thought it was.