Outreach about ancient passionflowers in Tennessee

2-panel image. Left: Maypop flower. Right: Fossil seed with depressions in its seed coat.
Modern and ancient passionflowers. Left: A maypop flower. Right: A fossil seed.

I have recent been doing outreach about the fossil passionflowers I described from Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee. See the following for more:

ETSU News: "Paleontologists discover extinct relative of Tennessee state wildflower": https://www.etsu.edu/etsu-news/2021/12-december/passionflower.php

In Defense of Plants: Episode 360: Exploring a 4.5 million year old flora: https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2022/3/13/ep-360-exploring-a-45-million-year-old-flora

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