An Early Cretaceous flora from Cusano Mutri, Benevento, southern Italy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-134

  Bartiromo, Antonello ^a,b   Barale, Georges ^b,c   Barone Lumaga, Maria Rosaria ^a   Bravi, Sergio ^a   Barattolo, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fossil plants; Frenelopsis cusanensis sp. nov; Late Aptian; Palaeoecology; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APTIAN; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; GONDWANA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BENEVENTO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSINOCLADUS; FRENELOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAGIOPHYLLUM; SINIA;

EID: 82455198811     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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