Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the Upper Albian of north-eastern Spain

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Sender, L M ^a   Gomez, B ^b,c,d   Diez, J B ^e   Coiffard, C ^f   Martin Closas C ^g   Villanueva Amadoz, U ^a   Ferrer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albian; early angiosperm; Early Cretaceous; freshwater; Iberian Chain; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC PLANT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAF; TAPHONOMY; WETLAND;

SPAIN;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 77953299633     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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