Simon Fraser University scientists say their research on the latest fossil find near Princeton is raising questions about how the dispersal of animals and plants occurred across the Northern Hemisphere some 50 million years ago, including whether brief intervals of global warming were at play.
The fossil was discovered by Princeton resident Beverly Burlingame and made available to the researchers through the town’s museum.
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