Montsechia, an ancient aquatic angiosperm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 10985-10988

  Gomez, Bernard ^a   Daviero Gomez, Véronique ^a   Coiffard, Clément ^b   Martín Closas, Carles ^c   Dilcher, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic angiosperm; Archaefructus; Ceratophyllum; Lower cretaceous; Montsechia

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; PYRENE; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC FLORA; ARCHAEFRUCTUS; ARTICLE; BARREMIAN; CERATOPHYLLUM; CLADISTICS; FRUIT; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MONTSECHIA VIDALII; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HYDROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84940990901     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1509241112     Document Type: Article

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