Osmunda cinnamomea (Osmundaceae) in the upper cretaceous of western North America: Additional evidence for exceptional species longevity among filicalean ferns

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 425-433

  Serbet, Rudolph ^a,b   Rothwell, Gar W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Osmunda; Paleobotany; Stasis; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FERN; FOSSIL RECORD;

CANADA;

OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA; OSMUNDACEAE;

EID: 0032898503     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314134     Document Type: Article

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