Early Cretaceous angiosperms and beetle evolution
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Early Cretaceous angiosperms and beetle evolution
The Coleoptera (beetles) constitute almost one-fourth of all known life-forms on earth. They are also among the most important pollinators of flowering plants, especially basal angiosperms. Beetle fossils are abundant, almost spanning the entire Early Cretaceous, and thus provide important clues to explore the co-evolutionary processes between beetles and angiosperms. We review the fossil recor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Plant Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1664-462X
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00360