Rough scale diagrams of some of the largest #cycad and Nilssonia leaves from the #Jurassic. #fossils #illustration #scientificillustration #Palaeobotany
#cycad #jurassic #fossils #illustration #scientificillustration #Palaeobotany
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from the news item after examining the 80 million years old fossil they concluded
“...the external morphology of this pollen cone is different from living cycads today. This finding suggests cycads aren't really 'living fossils' and they probably have a more dynamic evolutionary history than previously thought."..
#cycad #ecoevo #evolution #DeepTime
#cycad #ecoevo #evolution #deeptime