Klitzschophyllites, aquatic basal eudicots (ranunculales?) from the upper albian (lower cretaceous) of northeastern Spain

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1075-1085

  Gomez, Bernard ^a,b,c   Coiffard, Clément ^d   Sender, Luis Miguel ^e   Martín Closas, Carles ^f   Villanueva Amadoz, Uxue ^d   Ferrer, Javier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early angiosperms; Early Cretaceous; Freshwater plants; Klitzschophyllites choffatii; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 70350120580     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605117     Document Type: Article

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