New observations and synthesis of paleogene heterosporous water ferns

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-363

  Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Smith, Selena Y ^b   van Konijnenburg van Cittert, Johanna H A ^c   Batten, David J ^d   Refidaff, Cref ^e   Barke, Judith ^f   Marone, Federica ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Azolla; Hydropteridales; Megaspore; Microspore; Salvinia; Salviniales; Synchrotron radiation x ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM)

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FERN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SURFACE; SPORE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; COBHAM; ENGLAND; KENT; NORWEGIAN SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875147428     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668249     Document Type: Article

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