Reassessment of the cheirolepidiaceous conifer Frenelopsis teixeirae Alvin et Pais from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) of Portugal and palaeoenvironmental considerations

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-42

  Mendes, Mário Miguel ^a,b   Dinis, Jorge L ^c   Gomez, Bernard ^d,e,f   Pais, João ^a  

^a Technology and Sciences College   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

conifer cuticles; Early Cretaceous; Frenelopsis; palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate; western Portugal

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CRETACEOUS; CUTICLE; MUDSTONE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STOMATA; TRICHOME;

PORTUGAL;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FRENELOPSIS;

EID: 77953326841     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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