Previously, these territories of Russia were the seabed: archeologists have discovered evidence of the unusual past of the Altai Republic

In recent years, Russian archaeologists and paleontologists have made a number of outstanding discoveries that have made significant contributions to our understanding of the history of the Earth.

Recently, the remains of Silurian dendroid graptolites were discovered on the territory of the Altai Republic. Graptolites, classified as fossil marine organisms, inhabited the bottom waters of prehistoric seas and formed branched colonies resembling corals.

The sediments in which these remains were found are between 438 and 443 million years old, indicating the existence of a warm sea in the Silurian period in Altai. Interestingly, the remains of the graptolites are preserved quite well, which allows scientists to study this period in more detail, reports the press service of the Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This also makes it possible to understand the nature of the environment at that time: the presence of relatively calm waters and the absence of strong undercurrents in the “Altai Sea”.