Oldest known Eucalyptus macrofossils are from South America.
PLoS ONE, 2011 The evolutionary history of Eucalyptus and the eucalypts, the larger clade of seven genera including Eucalyptus that today have a natural distribution almost exclusively in Australasia, is poorly documented from the fossil record.
María A Gandolfo +7 more
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Developmental processes in Ediacara macrofossils [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021 The Ediacara Biota preserves the oldest fossil evidence of abundant, complex metazoans. Despite their significance, assigning individual taxa to specific phylogenetic groups has proved problematic.
S. Evans, M. Droser, D. Erwin
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The Use of Plant Macrofossils for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions in Southern European Peatlands
Quaternary, 2019 The analysis of plant macrofossils in peatland ecosystems has been widely used for the climatic and ecological reconstruction of the Holocene in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
Martin Souto +3 more
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A New Gnetalean Macrofossil from the Mid-Jurassic Daohugou Formation [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Macrofossil evidence has demonstrated a first radiation of gnetophytes in the Early Cretaceous. However, the origin of the diversity of gnetophytes remains ambiguous because gnetalean macrofossils have rarely been reported from pre-Cretaceous strata ...
Yong Yang +4 more
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Methodology for dissolution of sediment and calcareous deposits for paleontological specimen collection and identification [PDF]
MethodsX, 2022 The Lance Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous) is significant in the study of late dinosaurs and is a diverse formation containing both terrestrial and aquatic macrofossils. To study this important ecosystem, all of the fossils present must be uncovered and
Jack Schultz +3 more
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Plant Macrofossils Reveal Aquatic Macrophyte Successions of a Typical Shallow Lake (Huanggai Lake, China) in the Past Century [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Aquatic macrophytes are one of the important biotic components of shallow lake ecosystems. Understanding the long-term evolution of the macrophyte community is crucial for lake management.
Qijuan Cheng +4 more
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Late pleistocene exploitation of Ephedra in a funerary context in Morocco [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe active compounds found in many plants have been widely used in traditional medicine and ritual activities. However, archaeological evidence for the use of such plants, especially in the Palaeolithic period, is limited due to the poor preservation and
Jacob Morales +9 more
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research
New Phytologist, 2022 Summary The rapid development of ancient DNA analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of breakthroughs in DNA isolation techniques, high‐throughput sequencing, and bioinformatics, ancient
C. Schwörer +4 more
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Drivers of peat accumulation rate in a raised bog: impact of drainage, climate, and local vegetation composition [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2017 We used variation partitioning to assess the relative importance of drainage, climate and local vegetation composition for the development of a raised bog. As a case study we selected Teiči (Teici) Bog in Latvia (north-east Europe). Explanatory variables
N. Stivrins +8 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Identifying refugia— specifically places where species can persist during periods of regionally unsuitable climate— is increasingly important for conservation practitioners and land managers charged with protecting biodiversity in a rapidly warming world.
Cas F. Carroll +3 more
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