Open AccessDoes This Fossil Reveal a Jurassic Tropical Freeze?
Author(s) -
Harvey Leifert
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo140315
Subject(s) - paleontology , geology , earth science
On view for over a century, a fossil slab may display evidence of tropical freezing during the Jurassic, but scientists never noticed it—until one finally did. Some colleagues are not convinced.