The Cretaceous diversification of angiosperms: perspectives from mesofossils

EM Friis, PR Crane, KR Pedersen - Geological Society, London …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
The plant fossil record during the Cretaceous documents a major transition in the dominant
group of terrestrial autotrophs, as plant communities from the earlier Mesozoic were …

[HTML][HTML] A maritime location reduced palynofloral turnover and extirpation across the end Cretaceous boundary interval on the west coast of Canada

NU Patel, SMS McLachlan, JM Galloway… - Cretaceous …, 2025 - Elsevier
A well-preserved suite of∼ 163 spore-pollen taxa from a recently discovered K/Pg interval
within the maritime Oyster Bay Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada …

A fossil pinnate palm leaf (Arecaceae, subfam. Arecoideae) from Island Lagoon, in the arid zone of South Australia

DR Greenwood, JG Conran - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fossil pinnate palm leaves (Arecaceae, subfam. Arecoideae) are described from the Eocene
or Miocene Island Lagoon fossil site near Woomera in the arid zone of South Australia …

Trilobated Lauraceous leaves from the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Northern Mexico

MA Rubalcava-Knoth, SRS Cevallos-Ferriz - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Olmos Formation in Coahuila, Mexico has crucial information about the
Cretaceous floras in northern Mexico. Its plant diversity is high and represents one of the …

[PDF][PDF] Sabal leaves and associated Late Miocene palaeoflora of Montebamboli (Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy)

E Martinetto, L Bellucci, T Denk, S Dominici… - Bollettino della Società …, 2024 - paleoitalia.it
The Late Miocene flora of Montebamboli in Tuscany was described in the classical work of
Gaudin and Strozzi from the second half of the 19th century. Since then, it has never been …

The First Fossil Record of Coryphoid Palm from Siwalik Strata (Middle Miocene) of Darjeeling Foothills of Eastern Himalaya

S Mahato, MA Khan - Paleontological Journal, 2023 - Springer
Although coryphoid fossil palms are well-known from the Upper Cretaceous sediments of
India, there is no fossil evidence of coryphoid palms from Siwalik sediments to date. Here …

Functional and historical drivers of leaf shape evolution in palms (Arecaceae)

MF Torres Jiménez, N Chazot, T Emilio… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Leaves display a remarkable variety of shapes, each with potential ecological
advantages in specific climates. While the relations between leaf shape and either climate or …

Comment on Mustoe, GE; Beard, G. Calcite-Mineralized Fossil Wood from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Geosciences 2021, 11, 38

JW Haggart, R Graham - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
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Wood from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Geosciences 2021, 11, 38 Next Article …

Plant height predicts leaf shape in palms (Arecaceae)

MFT Jiménez, N Chazot, T Emilio, JU Fredin… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Leaves display a remarkable variety of shapes, each potentially relevant to the function of
these organs and with potential ecological advantages in certain climates. Studies …