A new genus of the Cupressaceae (sensu lato) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: Implications for conifer megasporangiate cone homologies

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 110-122

  Escapa, Ignacio ^a,b   Cúneo, Rubén ^a,b   Axsmith, Brian ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Conifer; Cupressaceae s. l.; Jurassic; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; POLLEN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATHROTAXIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; CUPRESSACEAE;

EID: 50849141318     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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