A plant with flower-like organs from the Wealden of the Weald (Lower Cretaceous), southern England

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-38

  Hill, C R ^a  

^a Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Early Cretaceous; Eoangiosperms; New genus; New species; Southern England

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEVHALSTIA PEBJA; CRETACEOUS; EOANGIOSPERM; NEW GENUS;

UK, ENGLAND, THE WEALD;

EID: 0029749985     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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