Reproductive structures associated with Cobbania, a floating monocot from the Late Cretaceous of the Amur Region, Russian Far East

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-251

  Valentin, Krassilov ^a,b   Tatyana, Kodrul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alismatales; Amur province; Aquatic plants; Arales; Dinosaur feeding; Late cretaceous; Monocots; Russia

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CELL ORGANELLE; CRETACEOUS; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATURATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLYGON; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALISMATALES; DINOSAURIA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 78649628670     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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