Fossil evidence for a herbaceous diversification of early eudicot angiosperms during the Early Cretaceous

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1814, 2015, Pages

  Jud, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Early cretaceous; Eudicot; Fossils; Palaeoecology; Potomac group

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MARYLAND; POTOMAC BASIN; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; MARYLAND; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; VIRGINIA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; MARYLAND; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84940877019     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1045     Document Type: Article

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