The dramatic decline in atmospheric CO2 evidenced by proxy data during the Devonian
(416.0–359.2 Ma) and the gradual decline from the Cretaceous (145.5–65.5 Ma) onwards …

Premise of the Study Conifers are an important living seed plant lineage with an extensive
fossil record spanning more than 300 million years. The group therefore provides an …

Uncertainties in the age and phylogenetic position of Pinaceae fossils present significant
obstacles to our understanding of the timing of diversification in the family. We demonstrate …

Background The taxonomy of pines (genus Pinus) is widely accepted and a robust gene tree
based on entire plastome sequences exists. However, there is a large discrepancy in …

• Premise of the study: Pinaceae and nonpinoid species are sister groups within the conifer
clade as inferred from molecular systematic comparisons of living species and therefore …

Premise of research. The extinct conifer genus Schizolepidopsis is characterized by deeply
bilobed ovuliferous scales bearing two adaxial seeds. Although it is frequently placed in …

• Premise of the study: Seed cone morphology and anatomy reflect some of the most
important changes in the phylogeny and evolutionary biology of conifers. Reexamination of …

Lachnine aphids are unusual among phytophagous insects because they feed on both leafy
and woody parts of both angiosperm and conifer hosts. Despite being piercing‐sucking …

Anatomically preserved Jurassic conifer seed cones originally described as Conites juddi
Seward and Bancroft are reinvestigated and assigned to Hughmillerites juddii gen. et comb …

• Premise of study: Sequence analyses for Pinaceae have suggested that extant genera
diverged in the late Mesozoic. While the fossil record indicates that Pinaceae was highly …