23 million-year-old petrified mangrove forest discovered hiding in plain sight in Panama

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Fossils discovered on Barro Colorado Island suggest central Panama was once home to a vast mangrove forest that was preserved when a volcanic mudflow buried it 23 million years ago.

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"over 20 million years after a volcanic mudflow smothered it ,"
Well, Sascha may look well, but perhaps is better to stick to cooking and fashion.
Hurling all these miilions of years at unsuspecting readers, after the rock erosion rate has been finally established (just as the warm water is warm), is impertinent, to say the least.