Cratonia cotyledon gen. et sp. nov.: A unique Cretaceous seedling related to Welwitschia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Rydin, Catarina ^a,b   Mohr, Barbara ^c   Friis, Else Marie ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crato Formation; Cretaceous; Fossils; Gnetales; Seedling; Welwitschia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; BRAZIL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CRATONIA COTYLEDON; CYCADOPSIDA; GNETALES; GNETUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; WELWITSCHIA;

EID: 0042030903     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0044     Document Type: Article

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