Ash Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm aware due to large water content they may not fossilise well, but still asking. Are there any fossils from the Cactaceae group? Cheers, Troy. "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 The closest I have heard of is fossilized Joshua tree, a member of the yucca family. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 UCMP site says only bits of cactus in sloth dung have been found. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/anthophyta/caryos/caryophyllidfr.html An Eocene beaver tail cactus was described in 1944. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2437414?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 2 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 There is fossil pollen from the group,I believe(Miocene of New Zealand). Eopuntia (edit:see DPSA's comment)(Chaney,1944)might be one(might be reassigned to another taxon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 You might find the 2016 R.W. Scott, et al. article on a Late Albian cactus from Texas interesting. There is a link to the article in the Seed Plant (Spermatophytes) section of my pdf library here on The Fossil Forum LINK Just scroll down to the section on Flowering Plants - North America. -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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