🌿 Discover the wild side of plant history! 🌱 Here are 3 weird and fascinating facts about fossil plants you (probably) never heard of. This time covering: A cycad from Antarctica, paleo climates and mistletoe-munching moas.
For more in-depth reading, check out these sources:
1. Hermsen, E. J., Taylor, E. L., & Taylor, T. N. (2009). Morphology and ecology of the Antarcticycas plant. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 153: 108-123. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.07.005
2. Franks, P. J., Royer, D. L., Beerling, D. J., Van de Water, P. K., Cantrill, D. J., Barbour, M. M., & Berry, J. A. (2014). New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic. Geophysical Research Letters, 41: 4685-4694. doi: 10.1002/2014 GL060457.
3. Wood, J. R., Vermeulen, M. J., Bolstridge, N., Briden, S., Cole, T. L., Rivera-Perez, J., Shepherd, L. D., Rawlence, N.J., Wilmshurst, J. M. (2021). Mid-Holocene coprolites from southern New Zealand provide new insights into the diet and ecology of the extinct little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis). Quaternary Science Reviews, 263:106992. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106992
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