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Bromacker deposit is 4 million years older than previously thought, new dating reveals
- March 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Analysis of a volcanic ash tuff layer, only a few millimeters thick and discovered during excavations in 2024, revealed that the fossil-bearing Bromacker rocks are 294 million years old—four million years older than previously thought. These findings have now been published in the journal Gondwana Research.
Originally published at Phys.org