Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests

Fossil Fagaceae from Patagonia The oak family Fagaceae is thought to have its evolutionary origins in northern temperate forests and Southeast Asia. Wilf et al. now report 52-million-year-old fossils from the Southern Hemisphere belonging to the still-living genus Castanopsis . Hypotheses of Fagacea...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Wilf, Peter, Nixon, Kevin C., Gandolfo, Maria A., Cúneo, N. Rubén
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Geographic Society
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2019
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Antarc*
Antarctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw5139
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.aaw5139
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.aaw5139
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Summary:Fossil Fagaceae from Patagonia The oak family Fagaceae is thought to have its evolutionary origins in northern temperate forests and Southeast Asia. Wilf et al. now report 52-million-year-old fossils from the Southern Hemisphere belonging to the still-living genus Castanopsis . Hypotheses of Fagaceae origins have focused only on the Northern Hemisphere. Ancestral Castanopsis may represent one of numerous paleo-Antarctic plant genera that are found with Castanopsis today in Southeast Asian rainforests. Science , this issue p. eaaw5139

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