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Our finding clarifies the biogeographical history of an endemic and endangered plant of Australia, showing that it was probably widespread in the past. The possibility that this lineage was extirpated from South America because of climatic change suggest that aridification could pose a substantial threat to extant Bowenia. It also shows that museum specimens that have been already described can still present novel information if looked at with novel information or new techniques.
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This article was the successful and unexpected result of a visit to the Natural History Museum of London, combined with years of expertise on extant groups. I hope it will encourage to integrate extant and fossil data, and to have a new look at past collections.
Mario Coiro
Universitat Zurich
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This page is a summary of: Eobowenia gen. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of Patagonia: indication for an early divergence of Bowenia?, BMC Evolutionary Biology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0943-x.
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