Uncertainty in the timing of diversification of flowering plants rests with equivocal interpretation of their fossil record

The timing of the origin of crown-angiosperms exemplifies the impact of competing approaches to establishing evolutionary timescales. Fossils of unequivocal crown-angiosperms are not known from before the Cretaceous, and yet molecular estimates range from the Late Jurassic to the Permian. We show th...

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Main Authors: James W. Clark, Philip C. J. Donoghue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2025-05-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.242158
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