Tiny pollen grains: first evidence of Saururaceae from the Late Cretaceous of western North America

Background The Saururaceae, a very small family of Piperales comprising only six species in four genera, have a relatively scanty fossil record outside of Europe. The phylogenetic relationships of the four genera to each other are resolved, with the type genus Saururus occurring in both eastern Nort...

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Main Authors: Friðgeir Grímsson, Guido W. Grimm, Reinhard Zetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3434.pdf