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SUBMITTER: Centeno-Gonzalez NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809014 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Centeno-González Naylet K NK Martínez-Cabrera Hugo I HI Porras-Múzquiz Héctor H Estrada-Ruiz Emilio E
Communications biology 20210114 1
Fabaceae is one of the most diverse angiosperm families and is distributed across the globe in a variety of environments. The earliest evidence of the family, previous to this work, was from Paleogene sediments where it was found to be diverse in many fossil assemblages around the world. Here, we describe a fossil legume fruit from the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian) in northern Mexico. We designated the fossil fruit as Leguminocarpum olmensis Centeno-González, Martínez-Cabrera, Porras-Múzquiz ...[more]