Outreach & Media Coverage
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The dinosaurs died. And then came one of humanity's favorite fruits USA Today
Why wine lovers should raise a glass to meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs The Telegraph
La extinción de los dinosaurios ayudó a que las uvas conquistaran el mundo National Geographic
Did the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Pave the Way for Grapes? Smithsonian Magazine
Modern grapes exist because the dinosaurs died out, new research finds CNN
How the extinction of dinosaurs spread grapes around the world BBC
60 Million–Year-Old Grape Fossil Is Oldest in Western Hemisphere Wine Spectator
Meet ‘Turtwig,’ an ancient turtle species once thought to be a plant CNN
Once Thought to Be Plants, These Rare Fossils Are Actually Baby Turtles Smithsonian Magazine
These Strange Fossils The Debrief
Ancient plant species revealed to be fossilised baby turtles. The Natural History Museum
Paleobotany with Fabiany Herrera. Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
Bittersweet Treasures: Tracing the Legacy of Cacao and Coffee. Field Museum
A new history for the tropical forests of the Americas| Knowable Magazine (Article)
How the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Spurred the Evolution of the Modern Rainforest | Smithsonian Magazine (Article)
What happened in the tropics during the last great extinction? | Paleontropica
Hace tiempo. Un viaje paleontológico ilustrado por Colombia| Instituto Humboldt Colombia (Full Book)
Plant fossils give first picture of earliest Neotropical rainforests| Florida Museum (Article)
Titanoboa: Monster Snake | Smithsonian Channel (TV Show)
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Ep. 300 - Reconstructing a Cretaceous Flora | In Defense of Plants (Podcast)
El colombiano que ayudó a encontrar a la ‘abuela’ de todas las flores | El Tiempo (Article)
Jurassic fossils from northeastern China reveal morphological stasis in the catkin-yew| EurekAlert! (Publication)
Paleo Profile: Mongolia's Ginkgo Cousin | Scientific American (Article)
Chicago Botanic Garden Scientists Discover An Unusual New Fossil Plant | Chicago Botanic Garden
Mongolian Fossil Exhibit | Chicago Botanic Garden
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Scientists search for grape fossils at long-forgotten site in Peru | Florida Museum (Article)
ESCONI: Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (fossil club). Discovering Early Cretaceous Fossil Plants from the Steppes of Mongolia. Wheaton, Il, Apr. 8th 2016.
Lincoln Orbit Earth Science Society (fossil club). Fossilized Plants of the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Springfield, Il, Oct. 19th 2015.
Florida Museum of Natural History, Fossil Day. 60 million year old fossil snakes and plants from Colombia, Gainesville, Fl, Jan. 26th 2013.
Florida Paleontological Society, INC (fossil club). Paleocene fossils from Colombia are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforests, Marianna, Fl, Oct. 16th, 2010.