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296-Million-Year-Old Fossil Found in Brazil Reveals Plant Spores Hidden Since Before Dinosaurs Walked the Earth

296-Million-Year-Old Fossil Found in Brazil Reveals Plant Spores Hidden Since Before Dinosaurs Walked the Earth
science10/2/2025

An international team of scientists has uncovered exceptionally preserved plant spores inside a 250-million-year-old fossil from southern Brazil.

The discovery was made in a lycopsid fossil collected from the Paraná Basin, part of what was once the supercontinent Gondwana. After a detailed reanalysis using advanced imaging techniques, the researchers identified trilete spores embedded within t... [3564 chars]