Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 18:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was arid, with a small amount of seasonal rainfall, and few bushes or trees populated the landscape, according to a new geochemical analysis of rare ancient soils.
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