Spiny fruits revealed by nano-CT scanning: Pseudoanacardium peruvianum (Berry) gen. et comb. nov. from the early Oligocene Belén flora of Peru

Fossil fruits formerly described as cashews from the Oligocene of Peru are reinvestigated based on the original specimens and newly collected materials. The recovery of an outer spiny layer, preserved in the sedimentary molds surrounding the locule casts, indicates that these disseminules do not rep...

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Main Authors: STEVEN R. MANCHESTER, BEHNAZ BALMAKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeobotanica
Online Access:https://acpa.botany.pl/Spiny-fruits-revealed-by-nano-CT-scanning-nPseudoanacardium-peruvianum-Berry-gen,118539,0,2.html