Marchantites huolinhensis sp. nov. (Marchantiales) - A new fossil liverwort with gemma cups from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-26

  Li, Ruiyun ^a   Sun, Bainian ^a   Wang, Hongshan ^b   He, Yuli ^a   Yang, Guolin ^a   Yan, Defei ^a   Lin, Zhicheng ^a,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gemma cup; Huolinhe formation; Liverwort; Marchantites; The early cretaceous; Ventral scale

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GAMETOPHYTE; LIVERWORT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; HUOLIN RIVER; JILIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84899582239     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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