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Diversity of ancient conifers: The jurassic seed cone bancroftiastrobus digitata gen. et sp. nov. (coniferales)

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Rothwell, Gar W., Mapes, Gene, Stockey, Ruth A., and Hilton, Jason

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Premise of research. A third genus of anatomically preserved conifer seed cones has been recognized from a Late Jurassic deposit in northeastern Scotland. This cone is described as Bancroftiastrobus digitata Rothwell, Mapes, Stockey et Hilton. Methodology. The cone was sectioned with the classic coal ball peel technique and studied and...

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cellulose peel technique in palaeobotany. Ann Bot, NS, 20:635–637. Klymiuk A, RA Stockey, GW Rothwell 2011
Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Ryberg, Patricia E., Rothwell, Gar W., Stockey, Ruth A., Hilton, Jason, Mapes, Gene, and Riding, James B.

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This study describes a specimen that extends the oldest fossil evidence of Pinus L. to the Early Cretaceous Wealden Formation of Yorkshire, UK (131-129 million years ago), and prompts a critical reevaluation of criteria that are employed to identify crown group genera of Pinaceae from anatomically preserved seed cones. The...

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