In 1969, the fossilized leaves of a species called Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to “alien plant,” were identified ...

A new fossil discovery sheds new light on a 47-million-year-old "alien plant" species that is the only example ever found of ...

The discovery indicates a greater diversity in the fossil record of flowering plants than was previously acknowledged. In ...

In 1969, paleobotanists identified fossilized leaves of the extinct species Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to ...

Ficus ginseng is one of my personal favorites in my plant collection. From experience, ficus ginseng leaves usually turn ...

The first incredible discovery regarding this unusual plant species was found in modern-day Utah back in 1969. It was named ...

The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of the ginseng family, as scientists ...

A 47-million-year-old fossil, dubbed an 'alien plant,' has no known relatives on Earth. Advanced AI analysis reveals ...

Findings point to lack of clarity on how diverse ecosystems were before they were lost to time, researchers say ...

which looked very different from those of plants related to ginseng. In fact, the researchers couldn't match the fossils to any of the over 400 families of flowering plants living today ...