Contents Summary 1012 I. Introduction 1013 II. The mycorrhizal symbiosis at the dawn and
rise of the land flora 1014 III. From early land plants to early trees: the origin of roots and true …

The use of the functional feeding group–damage type system for analyzing arthropod and
pathogen interactions with plants has transformed our understanding of herbivory in fossil …

Premise of the Study Conifers are an important living seed plant lineage with an extensive
fossil record spanning more than 300 million years. The group therefore provides an …

The Triassic was a time of diversification of the global floras following the mass-extinction
event at the close of the Permian, with floras of low-diversity and somewhat uniform aspect …

The Podocarpaceae are a morphologically diverse conifer family that have a cryptic fossil
record reported since the Permian. We reviewed the fossil record of Podocarpaceae, tested …

Fossil plants are extinct plants whose remains (referred to as plant fossils) are found
preserved in sedimentary deposits. Plant fossils are classified using fossil-taxa as defined in …

Premise of research. The extinct conifer genus Schizolepidopsis is characterized by deeply
bilobed ovuliferous scales bearing two adaxial seeds. Although it is frequently placed in …

Abstract The Carnian Aasvoëlberg 411 (Aas411) site of the Molteno Formation in South
Africa provides exceptional data for understanding how plants, their arthropod herbivores …

ABSTRACT A distinctive burrow form, Reniformichnus australis n. isp., is described from
strata immediately overlying and transecting the end-Permian extinction (EPE) horizon in the …

Previously unrecognized anatomical features of the cone scales of the enigmatic Early
Cretaceous conifer Krassilovia mongolica include the presence of transversely oriented …