A new early cretaceous relative of gnetales: Siphonospermum simplex gen. et sp. nov. from the Yixian Formation of Northeast China

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rydin, Catarina ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CHINA; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

CYCADEOIDALES; EPHEDRA; GNETALES; GNETUM; WELWITSCHIA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GNETOPHYTA; PHYLOGENY;

CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GNETOPHYTA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77953575874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-183     Document Type: Article

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