Mosacaulis spinifer gen. et sp. nov.: An enigmatic Maastrichtian plant

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  van der Ham, Raymond W J M ^a   van Konijnenburg van Cittert, Johanna H A ^b,c   Kieft, Ben N ^a   Sachs, Anita Walsmit ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Late Cretaceous; Lycopsid; Maastrichtian type area; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAGRASS; VASCULAR PLANT;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 80955151918     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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