tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119327925863532536.post4252658264651992884..comments2023-11-03T01:57:50.647-07:00Comments on Evolution and Diversity: On AngiospermsDominichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120028551604613109noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119327925863532536.post-75333314485735229672014-09-16T04:25:02.892-07:002014-09-16T04:25:02.892-07:00I suspect that you will find interesting a proposa...I suspect that you will find interesting a proposal that angiosperm plants evolved on the Ontong-Java Plateau before the Cretaceous in http://charles_w.tripod.com/ontong.html and below; You may see its publication in http://gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Research%20Papers-Paleontology/Download/4719 . Also you may see an explanation for the boundaries of the temperate deciduous forest as a function of glaze ice storms in http://charles_w.tripod.com/glaze.html .<br /> Sincerely, Charles Weber<br /><br />PERMIAN MONSOON EVOLUTION OF ANGIOSPERMS to FURNISH DECIDUOUS GLAZE ICE TREES<br />by Charles Weber<br />Angiosperms had to have existed before the early Cretaceous when they appeared fully formed. I suspect they evolved since the Carboniferous on an island mini continent Angiosperm (also called magnoliophyta) deciduous dicotyledon trees have had much more success in surviving in glaze ice areas than other types of trees because of less branch breakage in winter time. They started to become established in North American subarctic regions in the Paleocene and were fully established before the Eocene closed. They probably descended largely from subtropical trees. I suspect that they may have evolved the precursor genes on a now submerged South Western Pacific mini continent, the Ontong Java Plateau, probably as early as the Permian, as a monsoon area adaptation. Their seeds were probably carried to the mainland on the feet of water birds and in the crops of seed eating birds.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069711348500228292noreply@blogger.com