Seeing some fairly critical looks at this from a variety of people, here's once such case! Palaeobotany is out of my area of expertise so these discussions are doing a lot to help me interpret this paper and I'm very thankful for everyone who is weighing in.
This is truly baffling. A seed does not become an angiosperm fruit only because there are some vague lines on it. It is the equivalent of having a full diapsid skull and saying you found Permian dinosaurs...
Wang, X., Huang, W., Fu, Q. et al. A new early permian fruit, Dengfengfructus maxima gen. et sp. nov., supports the pre-cretaceous origin of angiosperms. BMC Ecol Evo 26, 17 (2026). doi.org/10.1186/s128...
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Seeing some fairly critical looks at this from a variety of people, here's once such case! Palaeobotany is out of my area of expertise so these discussions are doing a lot to help me interpret this paper and I'm very thankful for everyone who is weighing in.
Thrilled to announce that I’ve just become Associate Editor of Historical Biology journal @historicalbiology.bsky.social! :)
#Palaeobotany #oceanicisland
#Palaeobotany #oceanicisland
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Thrilled to announce that I’ve just become Associate Editor of Historical Biology journal @historicalbiology.bsky.social! :)
#Palaeobotany #oceanicisland
#Palaeobotany #oceanicisland
A 95 million year old angiosperm leaf preserved as an impression in an iron-cemented sandstone. The original leaf may have gone, but you can still see where invertebrates nibbled it.
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
#geoubcsic Unlocking the architecture of ancient charophyte fructifications: The utricle of Sycidium from the Upper Devonian of Armenia. Martín-Closas, C; Serobyan, V; ... REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 346 [2026] doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105498
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM
#geoubcsic Unlocking the architecture of ancient charophyte fructifications: The utricle of Sycidium from the Upper Devonian of Armenia. Martín-Closas, C; Serobyan, V; ... REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 346 [2026] doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105498
📺 Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany 🌿
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
CRASSH | Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany
Decolonising Plant Knowledge Research Network
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January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
📺 Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany 🌿
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
Li et al in press | Frond reconstruction of Polymorphopteris mei sp. nov. from the early #Permian Wuda Tuff Flora with insights into its taphonomy | Historical Biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany
#palaeobotany
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Li et al in press | Frond reconstruction of Polymorphopteris mei sp. nov. from the early #Permian Wuda Tuff Flora with insights into its taphonomy | Historical Biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany
#palaeobotany
Really beautiful!
Hernández-Damián & al. in press| Simojoflorum mijangosii gen. et sp. nov. preserved in the #Mexican #amber unravels the polycarpellate condition in the tribe Mimoseae (Caesalpinioideae, #Fabaceae) | Historical biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany #Mexico #flower #botany
Hernández-Damián & al. in press| Simojoflorum mijangosii gen. et sp. nov. preserved in the #Mexican #amber unravels the polycarpellate condition in the tribe Mimoseae (Caesalpinioideae, #Fabaceae) | Historical biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany #Mexico #flower #botany
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Really beautiful!
Hernández-Damián & al. in press| Simojoflorum mijangosii gen. et sp. nov. preserved in the #Mexican #amber unravels the polycarpellate condition in the tribe Mimoseae (Caesalpinioideae, #Fabaceae) | Historical biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany #Mexico #flower #botany
Hernández-Damián & al. in press| Simojoflorum mijangosii gen. et sp. nov. preserved in the #Mexican #amber unravels the polycarpellate condition in the tribe Mimoseae (Caesalpinioideae, #Fabaceae) | Historical biology: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
#palaeobotany #Mexico #flower #botany
And if you thought invertebrates were better because of lack of dinobros...
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
And if you thought invertebrates were better because of lack of dinobros...
I'm finally here, and I'm still working in palaeobotany. Here is a unpublished mummified leaf from the Neogene of Madeira Island. :)
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm finally here, and I'm still working in palaeobotany. Here is a unpublished mummified leaf from the Neogene of Madeira Island. :)
I've been catching up on recordings of the recent #Palaeobotany public lecture series from University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, featuring @sandyheth.bsky.social, Paul Kenrick, @jameswclark.bsky.social, Jenny McElwain & Julia Gravendyck. Excellent stuff. ⚒️🌍🌿🔬🌲
www.youtube.com/@OxfordBGA
www.youtube.com/@OxfordBGA
University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Sharing the scientific wonder and importance of plants with the world.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've been catching up on recordings of the recent #Palaeobotany public lecture series from University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, featuring @sandyheth.bsky.social, Paul Kenrick, @jameswclark.bsky.social, Jenny McElwain & Julia Gravendyck. Excellent stuff. ⚒️🌍🌿🔬🌲
www.youtube.com/@OxfordBGA
www.youtube.com/@OxfordBGA
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Savitri Sahni inaugurating Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 1949. Birbal Sahni, the leading Indian paleobotanist, had passed away that year. The collection included Sahni's own Gondwana fossils, as well as those of others like Alex Du Toit of South Africa
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Savitri Sahni inaugurating Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 1949. Birbal Sahni, the leading Indian paleobotanist, had passed away that year. The collection included Sahni's own Gondwana fossils, as well as those of others like Alex Du Toit of South Africa
Yay!!! Thoughtful palaeobotany rep in #paleoart!!!!
@sauriancyh.bsky.social I adore the final piece you created! It's gorgeous and I love how you've displayed your work process!!!
@sauriancyh.bsky.social I adore the final piece you created! It's gorgeous and I love how you've displayed your work process!!!
The dinosaurs are passing through burnt Weichselia reticulata, a tree fern some believe formed mangroves in the Bahariya Formation. One paper suggests these mangroves often faced forest fires (Atfy et al., 2019) doi.org/10.1186/s425...
(images by @tomozaurus.bsky.social & @palaeojules.bsky.social )
(images by @tomozaurus.bsky.social & @palaeojules.bsky.social )
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yay!!! Thoughtful palaeobotany rep in #paleoart!!!!
@sauriancyh.bsky.social I adore the final piece you created! It's gorgeous and I love how you've displayed your work process!!!
@sauriancyh.bsky.social I adore the final piece you created! It's gorgeous and I love how you've displayed your work process!!!
#palaeobotany #palaeontology #plantscience #scicomm @instmolplantsci.bsky.social @annbot.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... 🧵2/2
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... 🧵2/2
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
So, an unexpected development, but I'm gonna be giving a talk tomorrow at SVP in Birmingham!!!!! I'll be speaking about palaeobotany in palaeoart, so hopefully it goes well despite being slightly rushed😅.
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So, an unexpected development, but I'm gonna be giving a talk tomorrow at SVP in Birmingham!!!!! I'll be speaking about palaeobotany in palaeoart, so hopefully it goes well despite being slightly rushed😅.
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
Huge sections dedicated to 🌿palaeobotany🌿 love to see it
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Huge sections dedicated to 🌿palaeobotany🌿 love to see it
Tom Carter has us return to palaeobotany, with a presentation on fossil Myrtaceae in part intended to enable better dating of phylogenies in the family. #asbs2025
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Tom Carter has us return to palaeobotany, with a presentation on fossil Myrtaceae in part intended to enable better dating of phylogenies in the family. #asbs2025
Very unusual talk compared to the many phylogenetic, taxonomic, and palaeobotany ones: Emily Hoskin identified which trees grow roots in the Naracoorte cave system in South Australia #asbs2025
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Very unusual talk compared to the many phylogenetic, taxonomic, and palaeobotany ones: Emily Hoskin identified which trees grow roots in the Naracoorte cave system in South Australia #asbs2025
Palaeobotany session is over. As the last talk of the day, Nunzio Knerr from my own herbarium introduces the software Pannotator for evaluating 3D-camera recordings e.g. for ecological surveys. nunzioknerr.github.io/pannotator_p...
#asbs2025
#asbs2025
Introduction to pannotator package
nunzioknerr.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Palaeobotany session is over. As the last talk of the day, Nunzio Knerr from my own herbarium introduces the software Pannotator for evaluating 3D-camera recordings e.g. for ecological surveys. nunzioknerr.github.io/pannotator_p...
#asbs2025
#asbs2025
The palaeobotany talk that deals with IMO perhaps the coolest, or at least weirdest group: Jeremy Wyman showing 3D reconstructions of root systems of fossil lycopods like Sigillaria. #asbs2025
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The palaeobotany talk that deals with IMO perhaps the coolest, or at least weirdest group: Jeremy Wyman showing 3D reconstructions of root systems of fossil lycopods like Sigillaria. #asbs2025
Ye olde palaeobotany session commenceth with the launch of the new Palaeobotany and Palynology Chapter of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society, followed by the keynote presented by Andrew Rozefelds. #asbs2025
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ye olde palaeobotany session commenceth with the launch of the new Palaeobotany and Palynology Chapter of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society, followed by the keynote presented by Andrew Rozefelds. #asbs2025
The Lauraceae and Taxaceae in my garden look Mesozoic, and I can see small avian theropods flitting among their branches.
This book will inevitably feed my prehistoric imagination - £24 at www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/the-...
#Mesozoic #palaeobotany #plants #biodiversity #botany
This book will inevitably feed my prehistoric imagination - £24 at www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/the-...
#Mesozoic #palaeobotany #plants #biodiversity #botany
The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants from Summerfield Books
Buy The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants Hardback by Arens Nan Crystal ISBN: 9780691272436
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October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Lauraceae and Taxaceae in my garden look Mesozoic, and I can see small avian theropods flitting among their branches.
This book will inevitably feed my prehistoric imagination - £24 at www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/the-...
#Mesozoic #palaeobotany #plants #biodiversity #botany
This book will inevitably feed my prehistoric imagination - £24 at www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/the-...
#Mesozoic #palaeobotany #plants #biodiversity #botany
A big thanks to the speakers and discussants of today's Decolonising Plant Knowledge event @crasshlive.bsky.social! The next event of the network will take place on November 12 on the topic of Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47797/
Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A big thanks to the speakers and discussants of today's Decolonising Plant Knowledge event @crasshlive.bsky.social! The next event of the network will take place on November 12 on the topic of Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47797/
🌱 Join us for the first event by the 'Decolonising Plant Knowledge' research network on 15 October
This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds
2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF
This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds
2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF
October 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🌱 Join us for the first event by the 'Decolonising Plant Knowledge' research network on 15 October
This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds
2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF
This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds
2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF
Happy #FossilFriday from the Mention Bassins Sédimentaires Évolution Conservation of Université d’Antananarivo, who won a Sepkoski Grant to conduct research on subfossil seeds in Ampiriaka, Madagascar!🇲🇬🌿
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from the Mention Bassins Sédimentaires Évolution Conservation of Université d’Antananarivo, who won a Sepkoski Grant to conduct research on subfossil seeds in Ampiriaka, Madagascar!🇲🇬🌿
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar