Extending beyond Gondwana: Cretaceous Cunoniaceae from western North America

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Authors: Tang, Keana K., Smith, Selena Y., Atkinson, Brian A.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, Paleontological Society
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.17976; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nph.17976; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/nph.17976; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/nph.17976; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nph.17976

Summary Cunoniaceae are important elements of rainforests across the Southern Hemisphere. Many of these flowering plants are considered Paleo‐Antarctic Rainforest Lineages that had a Gondwanan distribution since the Paleocene. Fossils of several modern genera within the family, such as Ceratopetalum...