New diversity among chlamydospermous seeds from the early cretaceous of portugal and north America

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 530-558

  Friis, Else Marie ^a   Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard ^b   Crane, Peter R ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bennettitales; Chlamydospermous organization; Ephedroid; Erdtmanithecales; Fossil seeds; Gnetales; Phase contrast x ray tomographic microscopy (PCXTM); Synchrotron radiation x ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM)

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW GENUS; PALYNOLOGY; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84875156455     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668250     Document Type: Article

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