Paleontologists Find First Known Fossils of Living Tropical Tree Species

The fossils of the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops rappa found in Brunei (officially Brunei Darussalam), a country on the large island of Borneo, are the first fossil evidence of a living endangered tropical tree species. The post Paleontologists Find First Known Fossils of Living Tropical Tree Species appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

May 13, 2025 - 17:00
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Paleontologists Find First Known Fossils of Living Tropical Tree Species
Leaf architecture of fossil (A, B, E) and comparable living (C, D, F-H) Dryobalanops species. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.1002/ajb2.70036.

The fossils of the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops rappa found in Brunei (officially Brunei Darussalam), a country on the large island of Borneo, are the first fossil evidence of a living endangered tropical tree species.

The post Paleontologists Find First Known Fossils of Living Tropical Tree Species appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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