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The location of the state of Florida. Paleontology in Florida refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Florida. Florida has a very rich fossil record spanning from the Eocene to recent times. Florida fossils are often very well preserved.
This is a list of areas of existing old-growth forest which include at least 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of old growth. Ecoregion information from "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World". (NB: The terms "old growth" and "virgin" may have various definitions and meanings throughout the world. See old-growth forest for more information.)
The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress [1] tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise in 2012, it was approximately 3,500 years old, 125 feet (38 m) tall, and with a trunk diameter of 11.27 feet (3.44 m). [2] The destruction of the tree was the unintentional result of a fire set at its ...
The Ocala National Forest is the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km 2) of North Central Florida. It is located three miles (5 km) east of Ocala and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Gainesville. The Ocala National Forest, established in 1908, is the oldest national forest ...
March 7, 2024 at 9:15 AM. Scientists working in southwest England have found the oldest fossilized forest known on Earth, according to a new study. Dating back 390 million years, the fossils break ...
The Page–Ladson archaeological and paleontological site ( 8JE591) is a deep sinkhole in the bed of the karstic Aucilla River (between Jefferson and Taylor counties in the Big Bend region of Florida) that has stratified deposits of late Pleistocene and early Holocene animal bones and human artifacts. The site was the first pre-Clovis site ...
Coordinates: 42°23′48.98″N 74°27′7.84″W. Gilboa tree fossil ( Wattieza) Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York, United States, is a petrified forest and one of the oldest known forests. [1] [2] Located near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County, New York, the region is home to tree trunks from the Devonian period. The fossils, some of the only ...
March 7, 2024 at 11:30 PM. Scientists have found what they believe to be the world's earliest known fossilised forest in cliffs on the coast of South West England. It was discovered in high ...