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Scientists discovered a 346-million-year-old fossil, Westlothiana lizziae, in Scotland, providing new insights into early vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land, filling a crucial gap in the fossil record known as Romer's Gap.
Fossils from Scotland's East Kirkton Quarry, including the early tetrapod Westlothiana lizziae, are now dated to 346 million years ago, placing them within Romer's Gap and providing new insights into the transition of vertebrates from water to land during a critical period in Earth's history.
New research has revised the age of the Westlothiana lizziae fossil to 346 million years, making it older than previously thought and placing it within Romer's Gap, a critical period in vertebrate evolution when animals transitioned from water to land.
A 352-million-year-old fossilized tree, Sanfordiacaulis densifolia, has been discovered in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, shedding light on the evolutionary experiments that occurred during a 15-million-year gap in the fossil record known as Romer’s Gap. The tree, resembling an upside-down toilet brush with a comically top-heavy and Seussian appearance, had a trunk composed of vascular plant material and more than 200 finely striated, compound leaves. This discovery provides valuable insights into the plant life of the Late Paleozoic Era, offering a rare opportunity to reconstruct a whole plant from that time period.