Esgueiria futabensis sp. nov., a new angiosperm flower from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Coniacian) of northeastern Honshu, Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Takahashi, Masamichi ^a   Crane, Peter R ^b   Ando, Hisao ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosperm flower; Ashizawa Formation; Coniacian; Esgueiria futabensis sp. nov.; Santonian; Tamayama Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

JAPAN;

ESGUEIRIA FUTABENSIS;

EID: 0032747976     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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