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

Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, who are unable to link them to any modern ...

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

Newly discovered fossils matched up with a mysterious “alien plant” species found in 1969 and brought it to clearer life.

A paper describing the research into the prehistoric species—known as Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to "alien ...

In 1969, paleobotanists identified fossilized leaves of the extinct species Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

This plant fossil was well preserved, and had come from the same area as the alien plant leaves. Manchester's research team analyzed the fossils and concluded they were from the same plant species ...