The Late Paleogene surface height and paleoenvironment for the core area of the Qinghai-
Tibetan Plateau (QTP) remain critically unresolved. Here, we report the discovery of the …

Palms, regarded as a model group for megathermal forest evolution, are well represented in
the fossil record, where they are one of the earliest recognizable modern angiosperm …

We explored relationships between particulate matter (PM) and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (PAHs) leaf concentrations, uptake rates and leaf surface functional traits in …

Recent paleobotanical investigations in Vietnam provide a good opportunity to improve our
understanding of the biodiversity and paleoclimatic conditions in the geological past of …

The Oligocene marked the beginning of the present 'icehouse'epoch and witnessed the
development and evolution of the Asian monsoon system (AMS). In this paper, the early …

The antiquity of the tropical Asian flora is being revealed by recent detailed work on a
number of Cenozoic plant megafossil sites, some of which have been radiometrically dated …

Ten palm leaf impressions are documented from the latest Maastrichtian (late Cretaceous) to
early Danian (earliest Paleocene) sediments (K-Pg, c. 66–64 Ma) of the Mandla Lobe of the …

Podocarpium (Fabaceae), characterized by single seeded pods and paripinnate compound
leaves, is well known as an extinct legume genus having extensive fossil occurrences from …

Recently, several leaf fossils with good cuticles were discovered from the Oligocene
deposits in Guangxi, China. The high fossilization potential of these leaves and easily …

Palms (Arecaceae) are iconic plant fossils, providing evidence of warm climates in the
geological past in geographical areas that today support temperate, boreal or even polar …