The discovery pushes another fossil plant, Archaeopteris, out of its position as the oldest known tree.

Significant research on the fossil plants and insects has only occurred since the late 1980s.

The mouthparts match the signs of damage in fossil plant leaves and stems.

The terminology of fossil plants is in places a little confusing.

The tectonic movements therefore happened about 310 million years ago, dated by fossil plants.

West Virginia is an excellent source of fossil plants due to these deposits.

As early as 1822 he published a paper on the classification and distribution of fossil plants.

There are also cases of glaciers, meteorites, and fossil plants.

Few fossil carnivorous plants have been found, and then usually as seed or pollen.

Their remains may be mistaken for fossil plants by the casual observer.