China are in a forest of 300 million years ago under a blanket of ash

Pompeii was a city of ancient Rome, located in the province of Naples (Italy), which was buried by ash and lava from a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD The city was kept under cover left by the eruption of the volcano and remained in perfect condition, preserved even holes in the ash that had contained the victims and, by filling them with plaster, were used by archaeologists as a mold. A research team from University of Pennsylvania has run into a similar scenario in northern China since, under a blanket of ash, have found a forest of 300 million years ago and almost 1,000 square meters.

Under the cloak of a meter of ash, researchers have found the remains of an entire forest, over time, have become lignite and ulla, two types of charcoal. Thanks to the tastings on the ground, the team believes they've found a forest that would reach 1,000 square meters of trees and shrubs of 300 million years ago which is located in a district west of Wuda, in the region Inner Mongolia.

It is perfectly preserved. [...] We can find a branch with leaves, then we find another branch and then another and another and then we find the tree trunk. It's very exciting

The research team has found six groups ranging from tree ferns through the former Sigillaria or cordaites , with trunks up to 25 meters high and some well-preserved specimens of other extinct species, the Noeggerathiales . With this finding in which researchers have run into a "time capsule" with a large display of extinct plant species, opens the door to making an important knowledge base for future research

It is a finding similar to that of Pompeii. Pompeii gives us an insight into Roman culture but actually says nothing about the history of Rome itself. [...] This is a time capsule and therefore allows us to interpret what happened