By facilitating plant reproduction, pollinators perform a crucial ecological function that
supports the majority of the world's plant diversity, and associated organisms, and a …

The idea of pollination syndromes has been largely discussed but no formal quantitative
evaluation has yet been conducted across angiosperms. We present the first systematic …

Amber is fossilized tree resin, and inclusions usually comprise terrestrial and, rarely, aquatic
organisms. Marine fossils are extremely rare in Cretaceous and Cenozoic ambers. Here, we …

Background Bayesian relaxed-clock dating has significantly influenced our understanding of
the timeline of biotic evolution. This approach requires the use of priors on the branching …

Interactions with angiosperms have been hypothesised to play a crucial role in driving
diversification among insects, with a particular emphasis on pollinator insects. However …

Amber is fossilized resin that preserves biological remains in exceptional detail, study of
which has revolutionized understanding of past terrestrial organisms and habitats from the …

The majority of living plant species are pollinated by insects, and this interaction is thought to
have played a major role in driving the diversification of modern angiosperms. But while …

Inferring insect pollination from compression fossils and amber inclusions is difficult because
of a lack of consensus on defining an insect pollinator and the challenge of recognizing this …

Progress toward understanding the dynamics of ancient plant-insect associations has
addressed major patterns in the ecology and evolution of herbivory and pollination. This …

Cycads, unlike modern wind-pollinated conifers and Ginkgo, are unusual in that they are an
ancient group of gymnosperms pollinated by insects [1–3]. Although it is well documented …