In 1969, scientists found the remains of a fossilized plant at Utah's Green River Formation and named it "Othniophyton ...

Initially identified in 1969 and thought to belong to the ginseng family, new fossil specimens reveal that this ancient ...

The fossilized plant leaves, Othniophyton elongatum, translates to ‘alien plant’ in English and was discovered in an ...

Findings point to lack of clarity on how diverse ecosystems were before they were lost to time, researchers say ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently ...

For decades, scientists have been fascinated by a 47-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Utah's Green River Formation.

A MIND-boggling discovery has left scientists even more puzzled about one of the most mysterious fossils ever found. A ...

A new fossil discovery sheds new light on a 47-million-year-old "alien plant" species that is the only example ever found of ...

Researchers compared the fossil to over 400 flowering plant families and found no match, suggesting it belongs to an unknown ...

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

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of the ginseng family, as scientists ...