Srivastava, and his colleague, Harshita Bhatia, uncovered the fossil imprint at Tirap colliery in Assam’s Makum coalfields, amid blasting and rumbling machinery. The team used leaf anatomy ...

The team identified the fossils by analyzing microscopic features of the preserved leaf cuticles, which revealed a perfect match with modern Dryobalanops rappa, down to the last cellular detail.

A microscope image shows the surface of a Kapur Paya fossil leaf. Tiny pores called stomata and the outer skin cells of the leaf are visible, which helps scientists compare it to living trees.

In a significant palaeobotanical discovery, ptilophyllum fossils — leaf imprints preserved in sedimentary rocks — were unearthed on Friday at a newly excavated pond in the Chota Kesh ...

“I cannot guess what’s going through their heads.” Brown said the cut to the Wannagan Creek fossil project is particularly surprising because it is the most focused on what has traditionally ...

Fossil Creek Liquor opened a store in Argyle in late March. (Connor Pittman/Community Impact) A new Fossil Creek Liquor location is now open in Argyle, store staff said. The business sells a ...

See All Key Ideas The recent discovery of fossil evidence of a tree species now considered endemic to the Western Ghats, in a coalfield in Assam, sends a clear message: if global warming continues at ...

This fossil leaf of a Kapur Paya tree (Dryobalanops rappa) from Brunei is the first fossil record of an endangered tropical tree species. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial ...