Why it's incredible: The forest dates back to the late Jurassic, when dinosaurs still roamed Earth. The Fossil Forest in Dorset is a 145 million-year-old clump of dead trees on the Jurassic Coast — a ...
British scientists have discovered a 385 myo fossil that contains a fern-like frond that shows the tree was about eight meters (26 feet) tall. It is the oldest known tree based on fossil records. The ...