Crinoid fossils are most commonly found in limestone ... creating patterns that resemble tiny, intricate stars or flowers. In some regions, these fossilized fragments are so abundant that they ...

But a new fossil discovery, described in a study published ... thick hosted an entire tundra ecosystem, with flowers and potentially even small trees, according to the statement.

Nathan Jud The evolution of flowers, Charles Darwin famously said, was an “abominable mystery,” chiefly because they seemed to suddenly burst into the fossil record 100 million years ago.

But in 1998, this ancient plant discovered in the fossil beds of Liaoning Province in northeastern China graced the cover of Science and made headlines worldwide. It was heralded as the earliest ...

As a result, modern paleobotany has undergone a boom not unlike the Cretaceous flower explosion itself. Now old-style fossil hunters with shovels and microscopes compare notes with molecular ...

See G.O. Poinar et al., “Tropidogyne pentaptera, sp. nov., a new mid-Cretaceous fossil angiosperm flower in Burmese amber,” Palaeodiversity, 10:135-40, 2017.

Love is in the air at Fossils & Flowers, a pre-Valentine’s event filled with fun, creativity and discovery at Texas Science & Natural History Museum! Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and ...