ETSU story on Gray Fossil Site plants

Left: Fossil seed of Corylopsis grisea, Gray Fossil Site. Right: Modern Corylopsis seed. Credit: E.J. Hermsen.

East Tennessee State University has released a story about the two new plant species that I recently co-authored from Gray Fossil Site: Corylopsis grisea Quirk & Hermsen and Cavilignum pratchettii Siegert & Hermsen. First authors on the species are Zack Quirk (currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan) and Caroline Siegert (alumna, Ohio University). Read about the new species here: Fossil plants provide clues to changing environments in Tennessee's past.

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