Seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited
Rocío Deanna, Aleksej Vladimirovič Hvalj, Edoardo Martinetto, Sandra Knapp, Eva‐Maria Sadowski, Steven R. Manchester, Abel Campos, Vincent Fernandez, Gloria E. Barboza, Hervé Sauquet, Ellen Dean, Tiina Särkinen, Franco Chiarini, Gabriel Bernardello, Stacey D. Smith
Morphometric and micro-CT analysis of 110 fossil and 354 extant Solanaceae seeds identifies 10 specimen-backed fossil species, including four new genera and a fossilized elaiosome, spanning Eocene to Holocene deposits.
Taxon · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest