Cretaceous diversification of angiosperms in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-361

  Friis, Else Marie ^a   Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard ^b   Crane, Peter R ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm flowers; Araceae; Chloranthaceae; Early Cretaceous; Eudicots; Late Cretaceous; Lusitanian Basin; Monocots; Normapolles complex

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRETACEOUS; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; PORTUGAL; TORRES VEDRAS;

ALISMATALES; ARACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORANTHACEAE; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NORMAPOLLES; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 77956333216     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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