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Posible antepasado temprano de Pensilvania de los cicadales
Resumen
La evidencia fósil revela que Lesleya, previamente estéril, tenía óvulos, lo que la vincula con los primeros antepasados de las cícadas. Este descubrimiento hace retroceder el origen de los precursores de las cícadas al período temprano de Pensilvania.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La paleobotánica es la paleobotánica.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
- Morfología vegetal Morfología vegetal.
Sus antecedentes:
- Lesleya sólo se conocía por el follaje fósil estéril.
- Las estructuras fértiles de las plantas fósiles son cruciales para comprender los linajes evolutivos.
- Las interpretaciones anteriores sugirieron que Phasmatocycas era una forma ancestral de cícadas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para describir un espécimen fértil de Lesleya.
- Para investigar la relación evolutiva entre Lesleya, Taeniopteris y Phasmatocycas.
- Para determinar la ocurrencia más temprana de los precursores de cicadas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis morfológico de un espécimen fósil de la Baja Pensilvania de Illinois.
- Comparación de las estructuras fértiles de Lesleya con las de Phasmatocycas y Taeniopteris.
- Inferencia filogenética basada en características morfológicas compartidas.
Principales resultados:
- Se descubrió un espécimen de Lesleya con receptáculos con óvulos adheridos al petiolo.
- Las estructuras fértiles de Lesleya muestran similitudes con Phasmatocycas.
- Lesleya y Phasmatocycas comparten características foliares con Taeniopteris, diferenciándose principalmente en la curvatura de las venas.
Conclusiones:
- Lesleya con sus estructuras fértiles se propone como un antepasado de Taeniopteris y Phasmatocycas.
- Este hallazgo sugiere que los precursores de las cícadas modernas existieron en el período temprano de Pensilvania, hace aproximadamente 320 millones de años.
- La edad de los precursores conocidos de cicadas se extiende unos 35 millones de años en el pasado.
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