Anatomically preserved ferns from the Late Cretaceous of western North America: Dennstaedtiaceae

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1041-1051

  Serbet, Rudolph ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Campanian; Cretaceous; Dennstaedtiaceae; Fern; Fossil

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; FERN; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; RHIZOME;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DENNSTAEDTIA; DENNSTAEDTIACEAE; FILICALES; FILICOPHYTA; MICROLEPIA; MICROLEPIOPSIS AULENBACKII; MICROLEPIOPSIS BRAMANII; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0842323752     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378652     Document Type: Article

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