A new fossil fern assignable to Gleicheniaceae from late Cretaceous sediments of New Jersey

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-493

  Gandolfo, Maria A ^a   Nixon, Kevin C ^a   Crepet, William L ^a   Ratcliffe, Gene E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Cretaceous; Fern; Fossil; Gleicheniaceae; Pinnules; Rhizomes; Sori

Indexed keywords

BOODLEPTERIS TURONIANA; CRETACEOUS; FERN; GLEICHENIACEAE; TURONIAN;

NEW JERSEY; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOODLEPTERIS; FILICOPHYTA; GLEICHENIACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030816068     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446025     Document Type: Article

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