Conifer pollen cones from the Cretaceous of Arkansas: Implications for diversity and reproduction in the Cheirolepidiaceae

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Axsmith, Brian J ^a   Krings, Michael ^b   Waselkov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Staatssammlung F Anthropologie P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALBIA; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CLASSOPOLLIS; CLASSOSTROBUS ARKANSENSIS; CLASSOSTROBUS COMPTONENSIS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; HYPODERRIS; ILEX; PSEUDOFRENELOPSIS PARCERAMOSA;

EID: 0842313094     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:CPCFTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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