An extinct mangrove forest discovered on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island
Fossil
leaves
What the leaves tell us: stories of extinction and the origins of tropical forests
April 26, 2022
Plant leaves show us the species that exist in a forest, and the ecological conditions in which they live. These attributes can also be observed in fossil leaves, which allows us to reconstruct forests that existed millions of years ago and understand how they have changed over time. In this talk we will talk about how fossil leaves tell us about the effect of a mass extinction 66 million years ago, on the evolution of modern tropical forests.
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