An extinct calycanthoid taxon, Jerseyanthus calycanthoides, from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1475-1485

  Crepet, William L ^a   Nixon, Kevin C ^a   Gandolfo, Maria A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Calycanthaceae; Cladistics; Cretaceous; Flowers; Fossils; Molecular data; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALYCANTHACEAE; CALYCANTHUS; LAURALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VIRGINIANTHUS;

EID: 23944448524     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.9.1475     Document Type: Article

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