‘Unlike Any of Those That Live at the Present’
An illustration of the specimen (with simplified leaves), human silhouettes for scale.Illustration: Tim StonesiferYou won’t be-leaf the shape of this ancient tree. A team of researchers found a 350-million-year-old fossilized tree species that looks like something out of Dr. Seuss.Drought and Christmas Trees | Extreme EarthThe fossils are some of the oldest-known trees and were discovered in what was once an ancient lake in northeastern Canada. The species is called Sanfordiacaulis densifolia and would have taken up…