Cunninghamia hornbyensis sp. nov.: Permineralized twigs and leaves from the Upper Cretaceous of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Brink, Kirstin S ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^b   Beard, Graham ^c   Wehr, Wesley C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Cunninghamia; Cunninghamiostrobus; Cupressaceae; fossil conifers

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HORNBY ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA KONISHII; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; CUPRESSACEAE;

EID: 64149123256     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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