Significant Fossil Discovery In Utah Shows Land Plants Of 200 Million Years Ago

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The importance of a new archeological site in St George, Utah, U.S. was recently highlighted. The site is significant because it is the only early Jurassic land flora known in the western United States.  It provides evidence that a variety of land plants were present in the area about 200 million years ago.

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