A fossilized aroid infructescence, Albertarum pueri gen.nov. et sp.nov., of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) age from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of southern Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 591-598

  Bogner, Josef ^a   Hoffman, Georgia L ^b   Aulenback, Kevin R ^c  

^a BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^b Hoffman Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albertarum; Araceae; Fossil; Limnobiophyllum; Mayoa; Symplocarpus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; SEED;

ALBERTARUM; ARACEAE; LIMNOBIOPHYLLUM; MAYOA; SYMPLOCARPUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY;

FLOWERS; FOSSILS; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HORSESHOE CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARACEAE; LIMNOBIOPHYLLUM; SYMPLOCARPUS;

EID: 26244468511     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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