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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.