Vegetation and climate change at the southern margin of the Neo-Tethys during the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous): Evidence from Egypt

H El Atfy, C Coiffard, SY El Beialy, D Uhl - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Changes in terrestrial vegetation during the mid-Cretaceous and their link to climate and
environmental change are poorly understood. In this study, we use plant macrofossils and …

Is the anthophyte hypothesis alive and well? New evidence from the reproductive structures of Bennettitales

GW Rothwell, WL Crepet… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Bennettitales is an extinct group of seed plants with reproductive structures that are similar in
some respects to both Gnetales and angiosperms, but systematic relationships among the …

Early Cretaceous vegetation and climate change at high latitude: Palynological evidence from Isachsen Formation, Arctic Canada

JM Galloway, DN Tullius, CA Evenchick… - Cretaceous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Quantitative palynology of the marginal marine and deltaic-fluvial Isachsen Formation of the
Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic, provides insight into high latitude climate during much of …

Revealing the diversity of amber source plants from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil

LJ Seyfullah, EA Roberts, AR Schmidt… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Amber has been reported from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, as
isolated clasts or within plant tissues. Undescribed cones of uncertain gymnosperm affinity …

Comparative pollen morphology and ultrastructure of modern and fossil gnetophytes

MV Tekleva, VA Krassilov - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2009 - Elsevier
A considerable disparity of pollen characters in the modern Gnetales (including the
inaperturate and monosulcate germination types, the psilate, polyplicate and spinulose …

[HTML][HTML] The Rhaetian flora of Wüstenwelsberg, Bavaria, Germany: Description of selected gymnosperms (Ginkgoales, Cycadales, Coniferales) together with an …

JHA Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, C Pott… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes the ginkgoaleans (Ginkgoites) and conifers (Palissya, Stachyotaxus,
Schizolepis) of the Rhaetian flora from Wüstenwelsberg, as well as a new species of the …

Simulation of exine patterns by self-assembly

N Gabarayeva, V Grigorjeva - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2016 - Springer
New experimental modeling of exine has been undertaken to verify general ideas on the
participation of self-assembly processes in sporoderm development. Our aim was to confirm …

On some peculiarities of sporoderm structure in members of the Cycadales and Ginkgoales

MV Tekleva, SV Polevova, NE Zavialova - Paleontological Journal, 2007 - Springer
The pollen morphology and ultrastructure of Cycas micholitzii, C. simplicipinna, Cycandra
profusa, Ceratozamia mexicana, and Ginkgo biloba are studied. Pollen germination is also …

Diversity of Mesozoic gnetophytes and the first angiosperms

VA Krassilov - Paleontological Journal, 2009 - Springer
A provisionary system of gnetophytes is proposed, including recently discovered Mesozoic
members. The following principal characters are used, in descending order of significance …

Erdtmanitheca portucalensis, a new pollen organ from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Portugal with Eucommiidites-type pollen

MM Mendes, J Pais, KR Pedersen, EM Friis - Grana, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
A new lignitised, slightly compressed pollen organ, Erdtmanitheca portucalensis, with
affinities to extinct Erdtmanithecales from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Vale de …