A new species of the freshwater fern Azolla (Azollaceae) from the Eocene Arctic Ocean

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Barke, Judith ^b   van der Burgh, Johan ^b   van Konijnenburg van Cittert, Johanna H A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Azolla; Eocene; megaspores; microspore massulae; Palynology; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOCENE; FERN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOLATITUDE; PALYNOLOGY; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; AZOLLACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GLOCHIDIA; HYDROPTERIDALES; TREMATODA;

EID: 64149132195     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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