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A middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) fossil flora from the Winton Formation of central Queensland consists of six taxa of fems, four conifers, one ginkgophyte, one pentoxylalean, and eight angiosperm leaf types. It is the oldest impression... more
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyBiostratigraphyCretaceous life
The youngest Australian equisetaleans and bennettitaleans are identified within the latest Albian to early Cenomanian Winton Formation flora based on new impression fossils from the Winton district, Eromanga Basin, western Queensland.... more
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyCretaceousBennettitales
This paper reports a new Early Cretaceous flora discovered recently near the village of Estercuel (Teruel province, northeastern Spain). Thee plant bearing beds belong to the uppermost part of the Early Cretaceous succession, at the top... more
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyPalynologyCretaceous
Flowering plants in Australia have been geographically isolated for more than 34 million years. In the Northern Hemisphere, previous work has revealed a close fit between the optimal discrimination capabilities of hymenopteran pollinators... more
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      EntomologyPaleontologyVision ScienceColour Science
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      PaleobiologyGeologyPaleontologyPlant Ecology
Global patterns of Cretaceous forest composition and productivity are analyzed using a comprehensive fossil wood database (n = 2238). To ascertain forest composition, records were classified by botanical affinity, plotted on georeferenced... more
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      PaleobotanyFossil WoodCretaceousPaleogeography
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      Evolutionary BiologyPaleontologyPlant EcologyPaleoclimatology
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      GeologyPaleontologyPaleobotanyPalynology
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyAngiosperm TaxonomyPalaeontology
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      PaleontologyHistory of PaleontologyPaleobotanyPalynology
The new names Mciveriella and Rhamnica are proposed to replace later homonyms, Harmsia McIver & Basinger and Rhamnites Forbes ex McIver & Basinger respectively. Rhamnites Newberry is restored as a valid genus, being synonymized with... more
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyAngiosperm TaxonomyPalaeobotany
Changes in the Cretaceous fern flora of Australia were analysed by compiling data from the palynological literature. A decline in the relative diversity and abundance of free-sporing plants during the Late Cretaceous was concurrent with a... more
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      PaleontologyPaleobotanyPalynologyBiogeography