According to the paper, high carbon dioxide levels may account for the Cretaceous’ polar forests A study, using a Cretaceous fossil wood database, concluded that Araucaria (including monkey puzzle trees, Araucaria araucana) and podocarpoid conifer forests covered most humid regions of the Earth in the Early Cretaceous. Cypress woodlands existed at mid-latitudes, and pines invaded [...]
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Tagged: Adele Rackley, angiosperms, araucarioid, Cretaceous, dinosaur forests, Emiliano Peralta-Medina, forest distribution, fossil wood database, Howard J. Falcon-Lang, magnolia-like, monkey puzzle, podocarpoid