Flower Fossils
Russians revive Ice Age flower from frozen burrow PhysOrg - February 20, 2012
It was an Ice Age squirrel's treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pioneering experiment that paves the way for the revival of other species.
Oldest known Eucalyptus fossils found in South America PhysOrg - July 19, 2011
Fossils of leaves, flowers, fruits and buds found in Patagonia, Argentina, have been identified as Eucalyptus and date to 51.9 million years ago, making them the oldest scientifically validated Eucalyptus macrofossils and the only ones conclusively identified as naturally occurring outside of Australasia.
Early sunflower family fossil found in South America PhysOrg - September 28, 2010
A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now colonized much of the planet, originated in South America after Gondwana separated, forming South America, Australia, Africa, Antarctica and India.
Rare fossilized flower found, related to sunflowers BBC - September 24, 2010
A fossilized flower found in Patagonia by an Argentinean team is shedding light on the origins of sunflowers. The large flower is highly unusual because most plant fossils are just pollen grains. The fossil is from the Asteraceae family, the relatives of daisies, sunflowers, and dandelions. Until now, scientists have relied on genetic evidence to work out where this plant family originated.
How Ancient Flowering Plants Grew: Early Angiosperms Were Weedy, Fast-Growing Science Daily - April 21, 2010
Secrets In A Seed: Clues Into The Evolution Of The First Flowers Science Daily - October 28, 2009
Orchids date to time of the dinos BBC - August 29, 2007
First Orchid Fossil Found in Amber National Geographic - August 29, 2007
Fossilized Chinese plant may have been the first flower BBC - May 2002
The ancestor of all the grains, fruits and blossoms of the modern world may have been a fragile water plant that lived in a Chinese lake approximately 125 million years ago. The plant, called Archaefructus sinensis for "ancient fruit from China," is of a species never before seen and carries the clear characteristics of the most primitive of flowering plants.
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