Revealing the diversity of amber source plants from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil

Revealing the diversity of amber source plants from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil

Abstract Background Amber has been reported from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, as isolated clasts or within plant tissues. Undescribed cones of uncertain gymnosperm affinity have also been recovered with amber preserved in situ. Here, we provide multiple lines of evidence to determine the bo...

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Main Authors: Leyla J. Seyfullah, Emily A. Roberts, Alexander R. Schmidt, Eugenio Ragazzi, Ken B. Anderson, Daniel Rodrigues do Nascimento, Wellington Ferreira da Silva Filho, Lutz Kunzmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Amber
Araucariaceae
Cheirolepidaceae
Erdtmanithecales
Eucommiidites
Gnetales
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01651-2

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