Rediscovering a 22-Million-Year-Old Petrified Mangrove Forest in the Panama Canal
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have recently unearthed the remnants of a 22-million-year-old petrified mangrove forest in the Panama Canal region.
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have recently unearthed the remnants of a 22-million-year-old petrified mangrove forest in the Panama Canal region.
Researchers studying fossilized wood in the Panama Canal recently discovered that an Early Miocene mangrove forest once covered the area.
Fossils discovered in Barro Colorado Island suggests that the central Panama was once home to a vast mangrove forest. Read more here.
Researchers studying fossilized wood in the Panama Canal recently discovered that an Early Miocene mangrove forest once covered the area.
The megalodon tooth was found in an unexplored seamount. Click to read more. Megalodon is an ancient shark that went extinct around 2. 6 million years ago but ruled the world's oceans for approximately 20 million years.