Honeggeriella complexa gen. et sp. nov., a heteromerous lichen from the lower cretaceous of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 450-459

  Matsunaga, Kelly K S ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^b   Tomescu, Alexandru M F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Cretaceous; Fossil; Haustorium; Heteromerous; Honeggeriella; Lichen

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; LICHEN; PREDICTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; LICHEN (ORGANISM);

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FOSSILS; LICHENS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84874990954     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200470     Document Type: Article

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