xonenine Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) Newly Discovered Plant Fossil Reveals More Than Age My link The horsetail plant developed tools for extreme environments and maintained them for millions of years... Edited May 8, 2011 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Always something great to digest here at TFF: "Because these plants were located in a hot spring," notes Channing, "the normal preservation processes were replaced by a process of cellular permineralization—plant tissues and cells were permeated by water containing dissolved silica, which was precipitated prior to plant decay and resulted in magnificent three-dimensional preservation of complete plants." Yet, there were some features that did not fit with any extant or fossil species of Equisetum—thus justifying the erection of a new species: Equisetum thermale . Another successful pdf prowl: LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 ...Another successful pdf prowl: LINK "Google-caching" "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) might as well make a meal of it then, I feel kinda like Uncle John... Edited May 8, 2011 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Wow, the cellular preservation is amazing. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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