Oldest Grass Fossil (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Oldest Grass Fossil

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This grass spikelet from the middle Cretaceous is about 100 million years old, preserved in amber as the earliest fossil ever found of the evolution of grass, and is covered on its tip by the parasite ergot.

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(Photo courtesy of Oregon State University)

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