Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil)

Taxon

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1147-1158

  Mohr, Barbara A R ^a   Bernardes de Oliveira, Mary E C ^b,c   Taylor, David Winship ^d  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

^b University of Guarulhos   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cabombaceae; Crato Formation; Early Cretaceous; Fossils; Herbaceous plants; Nymphaeales

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SEED; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CABOMBACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEACEAE; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 57849150017     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.574009     Document Type: Article

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