Tarleton Researcher Uncovers Fossil of New Plant Species
November 17, 2020
November 17, 2020
STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSRes) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release:
A previously unknown species of plant life has been discovered by Tarleton State University researcher Dr. Ryan Morgan and two former students.
Morgan and his team found a single fossilized leaf of the new species belonging to Cyclopteris, an extinct genus of seed ferns, in sandstone beds of the Placid Shale near Ranger in Eastland County.
The plant fossil . . .
A previously unknown species of plant life has been discovered by Tarleton State University researcher Dr. Ryan Morgan and two former students.
Morgan and his team found a single fossilized leaf of the new species belonging to Cyclopteris, an extinct genus of seed ferns, in sandstone beds of the Placid Shale near Ranger in Eastland County.
The plant fossil . . .