"alien plant" not related to other species
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•'Alien plant' fossil discovered near Utah ghost town doesn't belong to any known plant families, living or extinct
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Paleontologists first found fossilized leaves of an extinct plant in 1969 .
The fossil was found near a ghost town in eastern Utah .
The plant doesn't appear to be related to any living family or genus.
Researchers analyzed both fossils' physical features and searched for living plant families that could be similar.
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