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- Title
- Menispermites cordatus, a new fossil leaf species from the middle
- Author
- Fabiany Herrera Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology Balboa Ancon Panama,Scott Wing
- Keywords
- Menispermites cordatus, Paleocene
- Description
- Menispermites cordatus
Menispermites cordatus, a new fossil leaf species from the middle–late
Paleocene (ca. 60-58 Mya) of the Cerrejón paleoflora, northern Colombia.
Leaf morphology and venation patterns are remarkably similar to those of the
modern lianas of Menispermaceae. The presence of climbing plants and tall canopy
trees in the Cerrejón Paleocene forest suggests that multistratification
of Neotropical rain forests is an ancient feature.
For further deat, see: Jaramillo et al.
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Herrera, Wing, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Paleobotany
- Botanical Name
- Menispermites cordatus
- Location Area
- Cerrejón paleoflora, northern Colombia
- Location Country
- Colombia
- Categories
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