Coprolites in a Middle Triassic cycad pollen cone: Evidence for insect pollination in early cycads?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-488

  Klavins, Sharon D ^a   Kellogg, Derek W ^a   Krings, Michael ^b   Taylor, Edith L ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coprolites; Cycadales; Insects; Pollinivory; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CYCADALES; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 17444378304     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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