Early sunflower family fossil found in South America
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 07:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now colonized much of the planet, originated in South America after Gondwana separated, forming South America, Australia, Africa, Antarctica and India.