If you were to find 60-million-year-old fossils of a species of land plants on the east coast of the northern part of North America, on what part of which continent would you begin a quest for similar fossils?

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Chapter23: Paleobiology And Macroevolution
Section23.1: The Fossil Record
Problem 1SB: What biological materials are the most likely to fossilize?
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If you were to find 60-million-year-old fossils of a species of land plants on the east coast of the northern part of North America, on what part of which continent would you begin a quest for similar fossils?

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