Recent Synchronous Radiation of a Living Fossil

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Summary

It is shown that cycads underwent a near synchronous global rediversification beginning in the late Miocene, followed by a slowdown toward the Recent, rejecting the hypothesized role of dinosaurs in generating extant diversity and the designation of today’s cycad species as living fossils.

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Published
2011-11-11
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Extant taxon, Cycad, Geography, Paleontology, Astrobiology

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