Gallery-Megafauna fruits

Megafauna fruits

A collection of megafauna fruits and seeds. Herbarium Museu Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil. These photos accompany our study in PLoS One:

Guimarães Jr, P., Galetti, M. and Jordano, P. 2008. Seed dispersal anachronisms: rethinking the fruits extinct megafauna ate. PLOS One, 3(3): e1745.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001745.

The label in the photos is approx. 10 cm wide.

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Fruits from Fazenda Rio Negro, Pantanal, Brazil.

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Pouteria macrocarpa. Sapotaceae

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Pouteria ucucui. Sapotaceae

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Theobroma speciosa. Malvaceae

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Lecythidaceae

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Raphia vinifera. Arecaceae

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Lacunaria jemmani. Quiinaceae

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Parinari montana. Chrysobalanaceae

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Licania macrophyla. Chrysobalanaceae

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Pouteria pariry. Sapotaceae

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Theobroma grandiflora. Malvaceae

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Theobroma grandiflora. Malvaceae

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Scheelea martiana. Arecaceae

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Orbignya phalerata. Arecaceae

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Phytelephas macrocarpa. Arecaceae

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Megafauna fruits from Pantanal (Fazenda Rio Negro), Brazil.