Fossil Kajanthus lusitanicus gen. et sp. nov. from Portugal: Floral evidence for Early Cretaceous Lardizabalaceae (Ranunculales, basal eudicot)

Grana

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 283-301

  Mendes, Mário Miguel ^a   Grimm, Guido W ^b   Pais, João ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

character mapping; eudicots; Figueira da Foz Formation; fossil flowers; Lardizabalaceae; mesofossils; Ranunculales; synchrotron radiation X ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM); tricolpate pollen

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWER; FOSSIL RECORD; PALYNOLOGY;

JUNCAL; LEIRIA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

LARDIZABALACEAE; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 84907691512     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2014.932431     Document Type: Article

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