Fossilized forest discovered under ash layer

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

About 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

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