Communications Biology (Jan 2021)

Late Campanian fossil of a legume fruit supports Mexico as a center of Fabaceae radiation

  • Naylet K. Centeno-González,
  • Hugo I. Martínez-Cabrera,
  • Héctor Porras-Múzquiz,
  • Emilio Estrada-Ruiz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01533-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Naylet Centeno-González et al. report the discovery of the oldest legume fruit fossil at 73.5 million years old in the Olmos Formation of Mexico. This finding supports the hypothesis that Mexico is the center of radiation for Fabaceae.