Raunsgaardispermum lusitanicum gen. et sp. nov., a new seed with in situ pollen from the Early Cretaceous (probably Berriasian) of Portugal: Further support for the Bennettitales-Erdtmanithecales-Gnetales link

Grana

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Mendes, Mario Miguel ^a   Pais, Joao ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BEG clade; Berriasian; Bombarral formation; Extinct gymnosperms; Fossil seeds; Mesofossils; Pollen; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BERRIASIAN; CRETACEOUS; GYMNOSPERM; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; POLLEN; SEED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYCADEOIDALES; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 55949099647     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130802228110     Document Type: Article

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