3D models of two species of Archaefructus, one of the earliest angiosperms, reconstructed taking account of their ecological strategies

Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 35-44

  Terada, Kazuo ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Nishida, Harufumi ^c  

^a Katsuyama   (Japan)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D model; Archaefructus; Basal angiosperm; Plant evolution; R K selection strategy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ARCHAEFRUCTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33750054690     PISSN: 13475622     EISSN: 13475622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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