Cupressus foliage shoots and associated seed cones from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Shi, Gongle ^a,c   Zhou, Zhiyan ^a   Xie, Zhiming ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cupressus; Foliage shoot; Leaf cuticle; Oligocene; Seed cone; South China

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; SEED; SHOOT;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; NINGMING;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS;

EID: 79960939340     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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