Novaolindia dubia gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic seed plant from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 94-105

  Kunzmann, Lutz ^a   Mohr, Barbara A R ^b   Bernardes de Oliveira, Mary E C ^c,d  

^a Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Guarulhos   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

?gymnosperms; Brazil; Crato Formation; Early Cretaceous; enigmatic fossil seed plant; Novaolindia dubia gen. et sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SHOOT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

GYMNOSPERMAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 35349017464     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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