Structure and relationships of the Jurassic conifer seed cone Hughmillerites juddii gen. et comb. nov.: Implications for the origin and evolution of Cupressaceae

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 45-59

  Rothwell, Gar W ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^b   Mapes, Gene ^a   Hilton, Jason ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conifer evolution; Conifer phylogeny; Conites juddi; Cupressaceae; Hughmillerites juddii; Seed cone

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONITES; CUPRESSACEAE; VOLTZIACEAE; VOLTZIALES;

EID: 79551653742     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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