World's earliest fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset, England

[Oxytropidoceras]

World's earliest fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset

By Greg Brosnan, BBC News Climate and Science, March 6, 2024

 

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils

By Sarah Collins, University of Cambridge, March 7, 2024

 

THe open access paper is:

 

Davies, N.S., McMahon, W.J. and Berry, C.M., 2024. Earth's

earliest forest: fossilized trees and vegetation-induced

sedimentary structures from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian)

Hangman Sandstone Formation, Somerset and Devon, SW

England. Journal of the Geological Society, pp.jgs2023-204.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited March 8 by Oxytropidoceras
added second article and link to open access paper

[Paul1719]

Thanks for sharing! I'm looking into getting into the quarry in Cairo, NY. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I worked at the Butlin's Holiday Camp in Minehead a few times and went collecting in the area,

Never found much, couldn't see the wood for the trees, I guess.