Article: Rare slice of life from the distant past; STUDENTS DISCOVER FOSSIL OF A PLANT DATING BACK 320 MILLION YEARS.(News)

Byline: NIGEL HART

A RARE fossil unveiled by students offers a glimpse of what was Coventry and Warwickshire 320 million years ago.

The fossilised remains of a giant horsetail or calamites, a species which grew up to 60ft tall in a hot and steamy atmosphere, was discovered by Warwick University students at Coventry's former Binley Colliery site, ...

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