Comparative morphology of fossil and extant leaves of Nelumbonaceae, including a new genus from the Late Cretaceous of Western North America

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-351

  Estrada Ruiz, Emilio ^a,b   Upchurch Jr , G R ^a   Wolfe, J A ^c   Cevallos Ferriz, S R S ^b  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exnelumbites; Late Cretaceous; McRae Formation; Mexico; Nelumbo; Nelumbonaceae; Olmos Formation

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO; NELUMBONACEAE; PROTEALES;

EID: 79959556380     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569525     Document Type: Article

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