Fossils of 350-million-year-old trees with unique spiral leaf arrangement found in Canada. Researchers estimate that the narrow trunks, less than 20 cm wide, supported enormous tops of leaves, which stretched to a diameter of over 5 meters.

Sanfordiacoulis seems to have been an experimental species in a form that seemed almost adapted to its ancient habitat, one that just barely missed the process of natural selection. Were we wrong? We will fix it! If you found an error in the article, we would appreciate it if you shared it with us.