A new remarkable Early Cretaceous nelumbonaceous fossil bridges the gap between herbaceous aquatic and woody protealeans

A new remarkable Early Cretaceous nelumbonaceous fossil bridges the gap between herbaceous aquatic and woody protealeans

Abstract Dating back to the late Early Cretaceous, the macrofossil record of the iconic lotus family (Nelumbonaceae) is one of the oldest of flowering plants and suggests that their unmistakable leaves and nutlets embedded in large pitted receptacular fruits evolved relatively little in the 100 mill...

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Main Authors: William Vieira Gobo, Lutz Kunzmann, Roberto Iannuzzi, Thamiris Barbosa dos Santos, Domingas Maria da Conceição, Daniel Rodrigues do Nascimento, Wellington Ferreira da Silva Filho, Julien B. Bachelier, Clément Coiffard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33356-z

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