Mar 7, 2024 · The oldest fossilised forest known on Earth – dating from 390 million years ago – has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast of South West England.

Apr 18, 2024 · The Hangman Sandstone Formation is illustrative of the revolutionary power of cladoxylopsid trees as biogeomorphic agents, forming densely spaced forests and shedding exceptionally abundant plant debris, while also impacting local landforms and sediment accumulations and profoundly changing landform resilience against flood disturbance events.

The Hangman Sandstone forms the coastal outcrop east from Hangman Point as far as Heddon's Mouth and indeed the larger part of the cliffs eastwards again to Woody Bay.

Mar 8, 2024 · Published in the Journal of the Geological Society, the study focuses on the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Hangman Sandstone Formation in Somerset and Devon, in Southwest England, and reveals an ancient era where a forest would …

Mar 7, 2024 · Scientists have found what they believe to be the world's earliest known fossilised forest in cliffs on the coast of South West England. It was discovered in high sandstone cliffs near Minehead,...

Mar 7, 2024 · The oldest fossilized forest known on Earth -- dating from 390 million years ago -- has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast of South West England.

Mar 8, 2024 · This new forest, which was found in sandstone cliffs close to Minehead’s famous Butlin’s holiday camp and extends down into the neighbouring county of Devon, is made up of fossilised Calamophyton trees, which scientists say resemble palm trees at first sight.

The Lynton Formation sandstones are overlain by those of the Hangman Sandstone Formation (traditionally the Hangman Grits) of Eifelian to Givetian age and which may be up to 2500m thick. This unit also includes some shales, mudstones, siltstones and conglomerates.

Mar 7, 2024 · The tree remains were found in the Hangman Sandstone Formation near Minehead, England, along the Devon and west Somerset coasts. There, researchers identified various plant debris, logs, and roots preserved within the sandstone.

Mar 6, 2024 · Scientists have uncovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest fossil forest – dating back 390 million years – in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast. The...