New Fossil Leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of Western North America

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dc.contributor.authorBogner, Josef
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Kirk R.
dc.contributor.authorKvacek, Zlatko
dc.contributor.authorUpchurch, Garland R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T20:10:44Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:03:18Z
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.description.abstractThe fossil record of Araceae is expanded by three new leaf species from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of North America: 1) Orontium wolfei BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVAČEK & UPCHURCH sp. nov. (Lower Middle Eocene, northern Washington and southern British Columbia); 2) Orontium mackii BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVAČEK & UPCHURCH sp. nov. (Maastrichtian, New Mexico) and 3) Symplocarpus hoffmaniae BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVAČEK &; UPCHURCH sp. nov. (uppermost Maastrichtian of North Dakota and lowermost Paleocene of Colorado). A fourth representative of Orontioideae, Lysichiton austriacus (J. KVAČEK & A.B. HERMAN) BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVAČEK & UPCHURCH comb. nov., is based on a leaf fossil described from the lower Campanian of Grünbach, Austria, central Europe, and its name is re-combined herein from Araciphyllites. All species can be assigned to Araceae, subfamily Orontioideae, based on their distinctive patterns of venation, which are directly comparable to those of extant genera. This indicates that the Orontioideae originated sometime during the Cretaceous, and that the lineages related to extant genera were present by the Campanian-Maastrichtian. Climatic analysis of associated leaf assemblages indicates that the thermal tolerances of fossil Orontioideae mostly fall within the range of living representatives.
dc.description.departmentBiology
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dc.format.extent15 pages
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dc.identifier.citationBogner, J., Johnson, K. R., Kvacek, Z., & Upchurch, G. R. (2007). New fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of Western North America. Zitteliana, A47, pp. 133-147.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2570
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology
dc.sourceZitteliana, 2007. Germany: Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology. Vol. A47. pp. 133-147.
dc.subjectaraceae
dc.subjectorontium
dc.subjectsymplocarpus
dc.subjectlysichiton
dc.subjectcretaceous
dc.subjectcenozoic
dc.subjectaraceae (orontioideae)
dc.subjectupper cretaceous
dc.subjectpaleocene
dc.subjecteocene
dc.subjectfoliage
dc.subjectNorth America
dc.subjectCentral Europe
dc.subjectBiology
dc.titleNew Fossil Leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of Western North America
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