Leaf cuticle ultrastructure of Pseudofrenelopsis dalatzensis (Chow et Tsao) Cao ex Zhou (Cheirolepidiaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous Dalazi Formation of Jilin, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-18

  Xiao Ju, Yang ^a   Gaëtan, Guignard ^b   Frédéric, Thévenard ^b   Yong Dong, Wang ^a   Georges, Barale ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cheirolepidiaceae; cuticular ultrastructure; Lower Cretaceous; Northeast China; Pseudofrenelopsis dalatzensis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; CUTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN;

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 56749096859     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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