Inflorescences and flowers of Mauldinia angustiloba sp. nov. (lauraceae) from middle cretaceous karst infillings in the Rhenish Massif, Germany

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 871-889

  Viehofen, Agnes ^a,c   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b  

^a Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Fossil flowers; Karst infillings; Lauraceae; Mid cretaceous; Paleoecology; Rhenish Massif; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; KARST; NEW SPECIES; SESSILE SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE;

LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAULDINIA;

EID: 51949110917     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589975     Document Type: Article

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