Cretaceous Fox Hills fossil fruit

[Una Smith <una@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am now completing an extensive study of a Cretaceous fossil fruit
known to occur in the western United States.  This fossil is important
for several reasons:

1.  it is the largest known Cretaceous fruit;
2.  it perished at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary; 
3.  it has an extraordinarily complex seed-dispersal mechanism;
4.  it is closely related to the opium poppy, family Papaveraceae.

Numerous specimens have been found at marine localities;  most of these
specimens are exquisitely preserved and thus have tremendous scientific
value.  In the hope of locating additional specimens before I publish a
description and range map for this fossil, I have put up a Web page:

	 http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~una/fruit 

Please take a look!

	Una Smith
	Department of Biology
	Yale University
	New Haven, CT  06520-8104