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FRUITS OF TICODENDRACEAE (FAGALES) FROM THE EOCENE OF EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
Volume 172, Issue 9, Pages 1179-1187

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UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/662135

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Fagales; Ticodendraceae; Ticodendron; Ferrignocarpus; London Clay; Clarno; Eocene; nut; anatomy

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  1. National Science Foundation [EAR-0174295, BSR-0743474]

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Ferrignocarpus fruits, previously known only from the Middle Eocene of Oregon, are recognized from the Early Eocene London Clay flora of southern England. These fossil fruits correspond closely in morphology and anatomy to fruits of extant Ticodendron, a genus which is now native to Costa Rica, Panama, and southern Mexico. Well-preserved immature Ferrignocarpus fruits show four apical pendulous ovules in axile arrangement. These features, along with the anatomy of the fruit wall, correspond closely to extant Ticodendron. Recognition that Ticodendraceae were distributed in midlatitude North America and Europe during the Eocene supports the concept that this family traversed the North Atlantic land bridge during times of warmer climate.

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