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Osmoxylon-like #fossils from early Eocene South America: West Gondwana–Malesia connections in Araliaceae

New #AJB research by Peter Wilf

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Fossil leaf of the first known Gondwanan Araliaceae, Caffapanax canessae, early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Chubut, Argentina. Leaf is palmately compound-lobed with length = 17 cm.
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#Fossils of an endangered, endemic, giant dipterocarp species open a historical portal into Borneo's vanishing #rainforests

New #AJB article by Teng-Xiang Wang, Peter Wilf, Antonino Briguglio, László Kocsis, Michael Donovan et al.

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Superbly preserved leaf surface details of the fossil Kapur Paya tree from Borneo, showing individual cells and pores.
May 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM