Upper Cretaceous aquatic plants from Northern Mexico

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Estrada Ruiz, Emilio ^a   Calvillo Canadell, Laura ^a   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllum; Cerro del Pueblo Formation; Coahuila; Decodon; Mexico; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CRETACEOUS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CERATOPHYLLACEAE; CERATOPHYLLUM; DECODON (ANGIOSPERM); LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 62249087077     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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