Morphometric analysis of some Cretaceous angiosperm woods and their extant structural and phylogenetic analogues: Implications for systematics

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 375-390

  Oakley, Daniel ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b   Gasson, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; early angiosperm evolution; fossil wood; morphometric analysis; Principal Component Analysis; systematics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WOOD;

CHLORANTHACEAE; ICACINACEAE; LAURALES; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLATANACEAE;

EID: 70449520335     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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