Premise of the Study Conifers are an important living seed plant lineage with an extensive
fossil record spanning more than 300 million years. The group therefore provides an …

The idea that South America was an island continent over most of the Cenozoic, during
which its unusual mammalian faunas evolved in isolation, is outstandingly influential in …

The fluvial, lacustrine and tuffaceous sedimentary succession of the Cañadón Asfalto
continental basin exposed in the Argentinean Chubut Province of central Patagonia …

RESUMEN La Cuenca de Cañadón Asfalto, ubicada entre el Macizo Nordpatagónico y la
Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge, presenta una importante columna de sedimentos jurásicos y …

Premise of research. Phylogenetic relationships of Araucariaceae (Coniferophyta,
Araucariales) are revised on the basis of the first combined data matrix for the family …

The Podocarpaceae are a morphologically diverse conifer family that have a cryptic fossil
record reported since the Permian. We reviewed the fossil record of Podocarpaceae, tested …

During the Cretaceous and Paleogene, the Indian subcontinent was isolated as it migrated
north from the east coast of Africa to collide with Asia. As it passed over the Reunion hotspot …

Ontogenetic shape change has long been recognized to be important in generating patterns
of morphological diversity and may be especially important in plant reproductive structures …

• Premise of the study: Pinaceae and nonpinoid species are sister groups within the conifer
clade as inferred from molecular systematic comparisons of living species and therefore …

Cheirolepidiaceae leaves and pollen are recorded from Valanginian–Albian strata of
southeastern Australia that were deposited at high-latitudes under cool, moist climates in …