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Discovery of a 290-year-old 'rare' forest with extinct variety of trees, found in Brazil

Shows a 290-million-year-old fossil forest that was found in the state of Parana, southern Brazil, by an investigating team. It is a collection of 164 'lycophytes' (without fruits, flowers, or seeds) of an extinct species, the preservation of whose upright orientation over time is rare.