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

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

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

A paper describing the research into the prehistoric species—known as Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to "alien plant"—has been published in the journal Annals of Botany. Pictured is the ...

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

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

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

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

"This fossil is rare in having the twig with attached ... elongatum – from the Greek and Latin for "elongated alien plant" – and concluded that it likely belongs to a family of plants that ...

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 ...