[HTML][HTML] Niche evolution versus niche conservatism and habitat loss determine persistence and extirpation in late Neogene European Fagaceae

M Vieira, R Zetter, F Grímsson, T Denk - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
An increasing body of palaeobotanical data demonstrates a series of Pliocene and
Pleistocene extirpations and extinctions of plant lineages in western Eurasia, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Staminate inflorescences with in situ pollen from Eocene Baltic amber reveal high diversity in Fagaceae (oak family)

EM Sadowski, AR Schmidt, T Denk - Willdenowia, 2020 - BioOne
Eocene Baltic amber forms the largest amber deposit worldwide; however, its source
vegetation and climate are much debated. Representatives of the oak family (Fagaceae) …

Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 1: How well can we identify past plant diversity in the fossil record?

C Cleal, HS Pardoe, CM Berry… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Palaeobotany and palynology are the main direct sources of evidence for studying
vegetation diversity dynamics through geological time. However, plant fossil diversity is …

The early Miocene flora of Güvem (Central Anatolia, Turkey): a window into early Neogene vegetation and environments in the Eastern Mediterranean

T Denk, TH Güner, Z Kvaček, JM Bouchal - Acta Palaeobotanica, 2017 - diva-portal.org
The early Burdigalian (MN3) plant assemblage of the Güvem area (northwestern Central
Anatolia) is preserved in lacustrine sediments of the Dereköy pyroclastics. Its age is well …

[PDF][PDF] Cretaceous and Paleogene Fagaceae from North America and Greenland: evidence for a Late Cretaceous split between Fagus and the remaining Fagaceae

F Grímsson, GW Grimm, R Zetter… - Acta Palaeobotanica, 2016 - fridgeirgrimsson.com
Modern lineages of the beech family, Fagaceae, one of the most important north-temperate
families of woody flowering plants, have been traced back to the early Eocene. In contrast …

Qualitative LM and SEM study of the Messel palynoflora: Part I. Algae to Vitales

JM Bouchal, C Geier, S Ulrich, V Wilde, OK Lenz… - Grana, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this first report on the re-investigation of the Eocene Messel palynoflora using combined
light-and scanning electron microscopy, comprising Algae to Vitales, it is shown that this …

Miocene palynofloras of the Tınaz lignite mine, Muğla, southwest Anatolia: taxonomy, palaeoecology and local vegetation change

JM Bouchal, S Mayda, R Zetter, F Grímsson… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2017 - Elsevier
Middle Miocene deposits belonging to the Eskihisar Formation exposed at the Tınaz lignite
mine, Yatağan Basin, Muğla, southwestern Turkey, were investigated palynologically. Nine …

Earliest evidence of caries lesion in hominids reveal sugar-rich diet for a Middle Miocene dryopithecine from Europe

J Fuss, G Uhlig, M Böhme - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The formation of dental caries is mainly caused by dietary habits and therefore, may contain
information for dietary reconstructions of fossil hominids. This study investigates the caries …

The middle Miocene palynoflora and palaeoenvironments of Eskihisar (Yatağan basin, south-western Anatolia): a combined LM and SEM investigation

JM Bouchal, R Zetter, F Grímsson… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We investigated a palynological section from middle Miocene sediments at Eskihisar (south-
western Anatolia) to establish biogeographic links of the palynoflora and to infer the …

[HTML][HTML] The last meal of an Eocene pollen-feeding fly

S Wedmann, T Hörnschemeyer, MS Engel, R Zetter… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
One of the most important trophic interactions today is that between insects and their floral
hosts. This biotic association is believed to have been critical to the radiation of flowering …