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Oceanic Island forests buried by Holocene (Meghalayan) explosive eruptions: pal...
Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Rubiales, Jose M.; de Nascimento, Lea; Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Fernández-Palacios, Jose Maria; Madeira, JoséIn Faial Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean), charcoalified and mummified wood fossils have been reported within late Holocene (Meghalayan) pyroclastic deposits from the Caldeira Formation. Due to their recent age, a detailed study conveys a snapshot into Azorean palaeophytodiversity and palaeovegetation, ca. 7–5 centuries before the arrival of Portuguese settlers to the Azores Islands. Here we pr...
Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early P...
Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; De Nascimento, Lea; Fernández-Palacios, Jose Maria; Madeira, José; Menezes de Sequeira, MiguelPlants on oceanic islands can evolve insular syndromes such as secondary woodiness, a generalized trend found in island floras worldwide. This phenomenon occurs through evolution in situ. It is triggered by ecological and physiological stimuli that transform herbaceous annuals into woody perennials. However, well-dated and informative fossils that could help track and frame the evolution of this syndrome are la...
The Quaternary plant fossil record from the volcanic Islands of Azores (Portuga...
Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; De Nascimento, Lea; Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Fernández-Palacios, Jose Maria; Madeira, JoséPlant fossils are known from the Azores Islands, yet poorly studied. We present a comprehensive bibliographical review for the archipelago. A first pre-scientific reference dates from late fifteenth century, while the first scientific description was reported in 1821, accounting for trunks in pyroclastic units and silicified plants within hydrothermal deposits. Throughout the second-half of the nineteenth centu...