Early cretaceous mesofossils from Portugal and eastern North America related to the Bennettitales-Erdtmanithecales-Gnetales group

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-283

  Friis, Else Marie ^a   Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard ^b   Crane, Peter R ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthophytes; BEG group; Ephedroids; Extinct seed plants; Fossil seeds; PCXTM; Seed plant phylogeny; SRXTM; Synchrotron radiation X ray tomographic microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COEXISTENCE; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SEED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYCADEOIDALES; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRIPITES; GNETALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRIGONOSPERMUM;

EID: 60249103173     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800113     Document Type: Article

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