Osmunda vancouverensis sp. nov. (osmundaceae), permineralized fertile frond segments from the lower cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 631-637

  Vavrek, Matthew J ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Ferns; Fossils; Osmunda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

APPLE BAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICALES; FILICOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OSMUNDA; OSMUNDACEAE;

EID: 33745039417     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500994     Document Type: Article

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