Brachyphyllum patens (Miquel) comb. nov. (Cheirolepidiaceae?): Remarkable conifer foliage from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous, NE Belgium, SE Netherlands)

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-97

  Van Der Ham, R W J M ^a   Van Konijnenburg van Cittert, J H A ^b,c   Dortangs, R W ^d   Herngreen, G F W ^b   Van Der Burgh, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araucariaceae; Brachyphyllum; Cheirolepidiaceae; Classopollis; Maastrichtian

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FOLIAGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; POLLEN;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; BRACHYPHYLLUM; BRACHYPHYLLUM PATENS; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CLASSOPOLLIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINITES PATENS;

EID: 0344232783     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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