Premise of research. Typically, the small coalified mesofossil flowers known from the Early
Cretaceous have character combinations that are unknown among extant angiosperms …

The increasing number of fossil angiosperm reproductive structures described from
Cretaceous strata (eg Friis et al., 2006) has provided a wealth of new data for understanding …

Over the past 25 years, discoveries of Early Cretaceous fossil flowers, often associated with
pollen and sometimes with vegetative parts, have revolutionized our understanding of the …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The floral history of early angiosperms is far from complete. The
fossil discussed here has the potential to expand our knowledge of timing, reproductive …

Premise of research. In a 2010 phylogenetic study of Early Cretaceous angiosperms, we
confirmed that Endressinia (Aptian) and Archaeanthus (Albian) belong to the magnoliid …

Three new genera, Atlantocarpus, Lambertiflora and Mugideiriflora, are described from the
Early Cretaceous of North America and Portugal based on floral structures with …

Several recent palaeobotanical studies claim to have found and described pre-Cretaceous
angiosperm macrofossils. With rare exceptions, these papers fail to define a flower, do not …

Premise of research. Discoveries of fossil flowers in Cretaceous rocks offer improved
evidence for relationships with living clades, but for more secure inferences formal …

Premise of research. Numerous exquisitely preserved fossil floral structures recovered from
Lower Cretaceous sediments in Portugal are invaluable for understanding the organization …

The recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has
revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early …