An exceptionally well-preserved monodominant fossil forest of Wataria from the lower Miocene of Japan

Abstract Byttneriophyllum tiliifolium is a leaf fossil-species of the family Malvaceae that was distributed widely throughout Eurasia from the Miocene to the Pliocene. An affinity to some Malvadendrina subfamilies has been suggested for Byttneriophyllum-bearing plants, but remains to be clarified du...

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Main Authors: Megumi Nishino, Kazuo Terada, Kazuhiko Uemura, Yuki Ito, Toshihiro Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37211-z