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Peter Wilf

Penn State undergraduate digs into the past through fossil leaves

hand holding plant pieces

New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group

Laguna del Hunco

Argentine fossils take oak and beech family history far into Southern Hemisphere

Peter Wilf

Wilf named Paleontological Society Fellow for commitment to research, students

tomatillos in wire basket

South American fossil tomatillos show nightshades evolved earlier than thought

Chubut, Patagonia

Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event

Peter Wilf - Computer Vision Cracks the Leaf Code

beech leaf

Leaf mysteries revealed through the computer's eye

fossilized peach pit

Eat a paleo peach: First fossil peaches discovered in southwest China

human pyramid

Turn back the molecular clock, say Argentina's plant fossils

Fossil of moth on sycamore

Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared

katydid

Leaf chewing links insect diversity in modern and ancient forests

leaf fossil

Iconic Australasian trees found as fossils in South America

3 types of leaves

Buried leaves reveal precolonial eastern forests and guide stream restoration

rocks with a coin sitting on top, “Ancient biodiversity”

Fossil Rainforests of Patagonia: Ancient Biodiversity and Living Legacy

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