Publication Date:
2016-01-27
Description:
Barreda et al. (1) claim a Cretaceous fossil pollen type is an extinct Asteraceae. Concluding this pollen type is “nested within Dasyphyllum (crown representative),” they calibrate a Dasyphyllum + Barnadesia crown node (Dasyphyllum crown absent) and estimate an 85.9-Ma Asteraceae crown age that potentially compresses asterid evolution by tens of...
Keywords:
Evolution, Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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