Fossil calibration of magnoliidae, an ancient lineage of angiosperms

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Massoni, Julien ^a   Doyle, James ^b   Sauquet, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canellales; Fossil calibration; Laurales; Magnoliales; Magnoliidae; Piperales

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CALIBRATION; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS;

CANELLALES; LAURALES; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PIPERALES;

EID: 84923533770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/435     Document Type: Article

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