Pabiana is usually regarded as a Cretaceous member of the magnolias, family Magnoliaceae,
These were among the first flowering trees to evolve, in the Early to Middle Cretaceous
Period, The group still has about 80-120 living species, mostly distributed in warmer parts
of the Americas and Asia, Although many similar flowers arc usually associated with
pollination by bees, magnolias evolved their large blossoms well before the appearance of
bees, and instead they are pollinated by beetles. Because of this, the bloom is quite tough
and fossilizes fairly well - that is, compared with Other
flowers, A primitive aspect of magnolias is their lack of
- or combination of, depending on the point of view
- distinct petals or sepals. The name 'tepal' has been
coined to describe these intermediate Structures in
magnolias, which look like the petals of other
flowers, The original specimens of Pabiana
were discovered at the Rose Creek Quarry
near Fairbury, Nebraska, USA, in 1968
by a team including American
palaeontologist Roger K Pabian, who
was actually searching for fossil
invertebrates. The genus was named
after him in 1990.
Pabiana is usually regarded as a Cretaceous member of the magnolias, family Magnoliaceae, These were among the first flowering trees to evolve, in the Early to Middle Cretaceous Period, The group still has about 80-120 living species, mostly distributed in warmer parts of the Americas and Asia, Although many similar flowers arc usually associated with pollination by bees, magnolias evolved their large blossoms well before the appearance of bees, and instead they are pollinated by beetles. Because of this, the bloom is quite tough and fossilizes fairly well - that is, compared with Other flowers, A primitive aspect of magnolias is their lack of - or combination of, depending on the point of view - distinct petals or sepals. The name 'tepal' has been coined to describe these intermediate Structures in magnolias, which look like the petals of other flowers, The original specimens of Pabiana were discovered at the Rose Creek Quarry near Fairbury, Nebraska, USA, in 1968 by a team including American palaeontologist Roger K Pabian, who was actually searching for fossil invertebrates. The genus was named after him in 1990.
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