Museum fuer Naturkunde, Moritzstrasse 20, D-09111 Chemnitz, Germany; TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Geological Institute, Department of Palaeontology/Stratigraphy, Bernhard-von-Cotta Strasse 2, D-09599 Freiberg, Germany.
Curr Biol. 2020 Feb 3;30(3):R125-R127. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.036.
As seen from its buried soil, the Earth's oldest forest was diverse and grew on a periodically dry substrate, a new study shows. The sophisticated roots in this forest are reminiscent of modern seed plants, but come from Archaeopteris and, thus, predate the impact of seed-plant rooting on global forestation.
一项新的研究表明，从埋藏的土壤来看，地球上最古老的森林种类繁多，生长在一个周期性干燥的基质上。这片古老森林中复杂的根系让人联想到现代种子植物，但它们来自于古羊齿属，因此早于种子植物对全球森林化的影响。
