Evidence of Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta) from 100 million-year-old amber

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Girard, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Amber; Enallax; France; Mid cretaceous; New species; Scenedesmaceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROPHYTA; ENALLAX; SCENEDESMACEAE;

EID: 67649186343     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n1a13     Document Type: Article

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