Národní muzeum v kapse

2023年12月08日

You can find a fossilized stem of Cooksonia barrandei in the exhibition Windows to Prehistory. The fossil was found more than a hundred and fifty years ago by the French paleontologist Joachim Barrande. Until 2011, however, it escaped the attention of paleontologists in the depository because it was mistaken for an alga. It is, however, one of the oldest macroscopic fossils of vascular plants. It is approximately 432 million years old.