Late Campanian fossil of a legume fruit supports Mexico as a center of Fabaceae radiation

NK Centeno-González, HI Martínez-Cabrera… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Fabaceae is one of the most diverse angiosperm families and is distributed across the globe
in a variety of environments. The earliest evidence of the family, previous to this work, was …

Plant-insect interactions in the mid-Cretaceous paleotropical El Chango Lagerstätte (Cintalapa Fm., Mexico)—patterns of herbivory during the Angiosperm Terrestrial …

AA Santos, S McLoughlin… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Plants and insects are two of the more diverse and abundant organisms in terrestrial
ecosystems. The fossil record of plant-insect interactions offers crucial insights into the …

Paratropical rainforest from the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian), Coahuila, Mexico

NK Centeno-González, GR Upchurch Jr, G Zúñiga… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present new data based on physiognomic analysis of the Olmos Formation leaf flora,
indicating it represents a paratropical rainforest with an inferred mean annual temperature …

Relevance of the Coal Mining Deposits and the Olmos Formation in NE Mexico to Geoheritage: Scientific, Geological and Educational Attributes that Highlight its …

RYB Cruz, JAB Rodríguez, YA Carmenates… - Geoheritage, 2025 - Springer
Unlike other geological elements with relevance to geoheritage, coal deposits have not
been properly studied in Mexico. In the Sabinas Basin, NE Mexico, there are many coal pits …

A new fossil genus of angiosperm leaf from the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian), of northern Mexico

NK Centeno-Gonzalez, H Porras-Muzquiz… - Journal of South …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Olmos Formation (upper Campanian) is located in the Sabinas Basin in
northern Mexico. It represents a deltaic-fluvial system, and it is known by its abundance of …

The South American and Antarctic Peninsula fossil record of Salviniales (water ferns): Its implication for understanding their evolution and past distribution

F De Benedetti, MC Zamaloa, MA Gandolfo… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2021 - Elsevier
We compiled the fossil record of the heterosporous water ferns (Salviniales) including macro-
and microfossils from South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Both extant families …

Water fern spores (Salviniales) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

F De Benedetti, MC Zamaloa, MA Gandolfo… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2021 - Elsevier
We describe a water fern spore assemblage from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation,
Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The assemblage includes three species of Azolla …

Revisions to the fossil sporophyte record of Marsilea

EJ Hermsen - Acta Palaeobotanica, 2019 - par.nsf.gov
The fossil record of Marsilea is challenging to assess, due in part to unreliable reports and
conflicting opinions regarding the proper application of the names Marsilea and …

Reinterpretation of Paleoazolla: a heterosporous water fern from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

F De Benedetti, MC Zamaloa… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Undoubtedly, fossils are critical for understanding evolutionary transformations in
deep time. Here, we reinvestigate the microspores and megaspores of Paleoazolla …

A semi-aquatic fern (Marsileaceae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

S Wang, X Long, H Zhang, H Cai, MS Engel, C Shi - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study reports unique leaflets of a semi-aquatic fern (Marsileaceae) preserved in
mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, and further describes the new species …