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Brazilian Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Fossil Enigma With Discovery of New Plant Genus


Scientists identified a new plant genus, Franscinella, from a 296-million-year-old fossil in Brazil. The find sheds light on ancient plant evolution. Brazilian paleobotanists have resolved a long-standing mystery through the redefinition of a fossil plant first described decades ago in southern B

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