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Fossil Holdfast Shows Kelp Forest That Supports Varied Ecosystem Exist Before Modern Marine Mammals [Study]

The kelp forest has existed long before modern marine mammals, according to a new study. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons/Peter Southwood) Fossil Holdfast Shows Kelp Forest That Supports Varied Ecosystem Exist Before Modern Marine Mammals [Study] The underwater kelp forests on the Pacific Coast have been around for millions of years. ....

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Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought

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The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over the past 14 million years.

But a new study s ....

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Ancient Pacific kelp older than believed.

Pacific Coast s kelp forests, evolving with diverse ecosystems, span 14 million years of coexistence. ....

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Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought

Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought
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Pacific kelp forests are far older that we th

<p>Fossils of kelp along the Pacific Coast are rare. Until now, the oldest fossil dated from 14 million years ago, leading to the view that today's denizens of the kelp forest — marine mammals, urchins, sea birds — coevolved with kelp. A recent amateur discovery pushes back the origin of kelp to 32 million years ago, long before these creatures appeared. A new analysis suggests the first kelp grazers were extinct, hippo-like animals called desmostylians.</p>
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