Fossils from the world's oldest trees, hundreds of millions of years old, reveal their bizarre structure sciencedaily.com Submitted by ziq on October 25, 2017 at 11:49 AM in Trees (edited on October 25, 2017 at 11:51 AM) 3 comments 6
Mullvaden wrote on October 26, 2017 at 9:36 AM Interesting. I wonder why this type of tree went extinct? Permalink 1 PoisonDartFrog wrote on October 26, 2017 at 10:05 AM it was a pioneer tree, it thrived in a time when little else could survive on Earth. When conditions stabilized, this tree would have evolved into millions of other plants. Permalink Parent 2 Mullvaden wrote on October 26, 2017 at 10:45 AM Sounds reasonable. Permalink Parent 1
PoisonDartFrog wrote on October 26, 2017 at 10:05 AM it was a pioneer tree, it thrived in a time when little else could survive on Earth. When conditions stabilized, this tree would have evolved into millions of other plants. Permalink Parent 2 Mullvaden wrote on October 26, 2017 at 10:45 AM Sounds reasonable. Permalink Parent 1
Mullvaden wrote
Interesting. I wonder why this type of tree went extinct?