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 …

Volcanogenic-sedimentary and coal-bearing deposits, which contain abundant fossils of a
lacustrine fauna and terrestrial flora, are widespread in the territory of Transbaikalia …

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 …

Corystosperms, a key extinct group of Late Permian to Early Cretaceous plants, are
important for understanding seed plant phylogeny, including the evolution of the angiosperm …

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 …

Premise of research. Exceptionally well-preserved lignified fossils from the Early Cretaceous
of Mongolia include abundant conifer leafy shoots with attached pollen cones and seed …

Ontogenetic shape change has long been recognized to be important in generating patterns
of morphological diversity and may be especially important in plant reproductive structures …

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

The origins of the five groups of living seed plants, including the single relictual species
Ginkgo biloba, are poorly understood, in large part because of very imperfect knowledge of …

• Premise of the study: Triassic and Jurassic fossils record structural changes in conifer seed
cones through time, provide the earliest evidence for crown‐group conifer clades, and …