Faculty

Peter Wilf

Professor of Geosciences

537 Deike
University Park, PA

Email pdw3@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-6721

Areas of Expertise

Patagonia Keyphrases
Flora Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Eocene Earth and Planetary Sciences
South America Keyphrases
Patagonia Argentina Keyphrases
Early Eocene Keyphrases
Paleocene Earth and Planetary Sciences
Laguna Del Hunco Keyphrases

Fossil ferns of the Asian tropics
Edward J. Spagnuolo, David Shaw, Peter Wilf, Scott L. Wing, Munir ul-Haq, William C. Clyde, Jun 2026, In: Annals of botany
Date: Jun 2026

Sindora Leaflets from the Early Pleistocene Kon Tum Flora of Central Vietnam
Teng Xiang Wang, Peter Wilf, Truong Van Do, Tao Su, 2026, In: International journal of plant sciences
Date: 2026

New Plio-Pleistocene flora from the Central Highlands of Vietnam—ancient analog of southern Indochina’s tropical monsoon forests
Teng Xiang Wang, Jia Liu, Peter Wilf, Jian Huang, Truong Van Do, Hung Ba Nguyen, Shi Tao Zhang, Tao Su, 2026, In: Palaeontologia Electronica
Date: 2026

Dilleniaceae Leaf Fossils from Late Gondwanan Australia Challenge Biogeographic and Paleoclimatic Assumptions
Peter Wilf, L. Alejandro Giraldo, Vera A. Korasidis, Raymond J. Carpenter, 2026, In: International journal of plant sciences
Date: 2026

Depositional framework of the Sangkarewang and Sawahlunto Formations, Ombilin Basin, West Sumatra, Indonesia
J. P. Zonneveld, V. D. Barreda, Y. Zaim, Aswan, Y. Rizal, A. T. Hascaryo, R. L. Ciochon, J. Head, A. Murray, T. Smith, P. Wilf, J. I. Bloch, Jun 15 2025, In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
Date: Jun 15 2025

Fossils of an endangered, endemic, giant dipterocarp species open a historical portal into Borneo's vanishing rainforests
Teng Xiang Wang, Peter Wilf, Antonino Briguglio, László Kocsis, Michael P. Donovan, Xiaoyu Zou, J. W. Ferry Slik, May 2025, In: American journal of botany
Date: May 2025

SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON PLANT-FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN AN EOCENE CALDERA-LAKE FILL
Elizabeth A. Hajek, J. Marcelo Krause, Peter Wilf, Mark D. Schmitz, Apr 2025, In: Palaios
Date: Apr 2025

Stratigraphy, paleontology, and depositional setting of the Late Eocene (Priabonian) lower Pagat Member, Tanjung Formation, in the Asem Asem Basin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
John Paul Zonneveld, Nabilah Adani, Aswan, Jonathan I. Bloch, Antonino Briguglio, Russell L. Ciochon, Laura J. Cotton, Agus T. Hascaryo, Jason Head, Javier Luque, Yan Rizal, Nadia Santodomingo, Thierry Smith, Jonathan Todd, Peter Wilf, Yahdi Zaim, Feb 1 2025, In: Journal of Paleontology
Date: Feb 1 2025

Lauraceous fossil woods from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Argentine Patagonia
Roberto R. Pujana, Nathan A. Jud, Peter Wilf, María A. Gandolfo, 2025, In: Alcheringa
Date: 2025

Oldest Known Malpighiaceae Fossils
Caroline Siegert, Maria A. Gandolfo, Peter Wilf, 2025, In: International journal of plant sciences
Date: 2025

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Global climatic drivers of leaf size
Ian J. Wright, Ning Dong, Vincent Maire, I. Colin Prentice, Mark Westoby, Sandra Díaz, Rachael V. Gallagher, Bonnie F. Jacobs, Robert Kooyman, Elizabeth A. Law, Michelle R. Leishman, Ülo Niinemets, Peter B. Reich, Lawren Sack, Rafael Villar, Han Wang, Peter Wilf, Sep 1 2017, In: Science
Citations: 902

Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale
Michael D. Crisp, Mary T.K. Arroyo, Lyn G. Cook, Maria A. Gandolfo, Gregory J. Jordan, Matt S. McGlone, Peter H. Weston, Mark Westoby, Peter Wilf, H. Peter Linder, Apr 9 2009, In: Nature
Citations: 630

Testing the impact of calibration on molecular divergence times using a fossil-rich group
Hervé Sauquet, Simon Y.W. Ho, Maria A. Gandolfo, Gregory J. Jordan, Peter Wilf, David J. Cantrill, Michael J. Bayly, Lindell Bromham, Gillian K. Brown, Raymond J. Carpenter, Daphne M. Lee, Daniel J. Murphy, J. M.Kale Sniderman, Frank Udovicic, Mar 2012, In: Systematic Biology
Citations: 362

When are leaves good thermometers? A new case for leaf margin analysis
Peter Wilf, 1997, In: Paleobiology
Citations: 343

Using fossil leaves as paleoprecipitation indicators
Peter Wilf, Scott L. Wing, David R. Greenwood, Cathy L. Greenwood, Mar 1998, In: Geology
Citations: 310

The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity
Michael J. Benton, Peter Wilf, Hervé Sauquet, 2021, In: New Phytologist
Citations: 308

Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape
Dana L. Royer, Peter Wilf, David A. Janesko, Elizabeth A. Kowalski, David L. Dilcher, Jul 2005, In: American journal of botany
Citations: 268

High plant diversity in Eocene South America
Peter Wilf, N. Rubén Cúneo, Kirk R. Johnson, Jason F. Hicks, Scott L. Wing, John D. Obradovich, Apr 4 2003, In: Science
Citations: 268

Late paleocene-early eocene climate changes in Southwestern Wyoming
P. Wilf, 2000, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Citations: 259

Impact of the terminal Cretaceous event on plant-insect associations
Conrad C. Labandeira, Kirk R. Johnson, Peter Wilf, Feb 19 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 258

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