New Late Cretaceous fruit and its seeds from the Ingersoll Shale (eastern Alabama, U.S.A.) indicate affinity with Ranunculaceae (Ranunculales)

We describe a new ranunculacean fruit from Ingersoll Shale sediments (Santonian, 85.5 to 83.5 Ma), a part of the Eutaw Formation as it occurs in eastern Alabama. The Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae are basal eudicots but their fossil record is not well documented which is most likely due to their taxa be...

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Main Authors: Brian J. Axsmith, Debra Z. Stults, Wei Wang, Lisa D. Boucher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2024-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeobotanica
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Online Access:https://acpa.botany.pl/New-Late-Cretaceous-fruit-and-its-seeds-from-nthe-Ingersoll-Shale-eastern-Alabama,191593,0,2.html
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