A new cycad stem from the Cretaceous in Argentina and its phylogenetic relationships with other Cycadales

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-458

  Martínez, Leandro Carlos Alcides ^a,b   Artabe, Analía Emilia Eva ^b   Bodnar, Josefina ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allen Formation; Anatomy; Neuqu n Basin; Patagonia; Phylogeny; South America; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GYMNOSPERM; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEM; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; XYLEM;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84867860870     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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