Sagaria cilentana gen. et sp. nov.-A New Angiosperm Fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-290

  Bravi, Sergio ^a   Barone Lumaga, Maria Rosaria ^a   Mickle, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal eudicot; Early Cretaceous; Fossil angiosperm; Italy; Plattenkalk; Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANGIOSPERM; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY;

ITALY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAGIOPHYLLUM; PODOZAMITES; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 77950952068     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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