Eostangeria ruzinciniana (Zamiaceae) from the Middle Miocene of Bulgaria and its relationship to similar taxa of fossil Eostangeria, and extant Chigua and Stangeria (Cycadales)

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-193

  Uzunova, Krassimira ^a   Palamarev, Emanuel ^b   KvačEk, Zlatko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cycads; Eostangerioideae; Leaf anatomy; Palaeoecology; Tertiary; Zamiaceae

Indexed keywords

CHIGUA; CYCADALES; CYCADOPSIDA; EOSTANGERIA; EOSTANGERIA PSEUDOPTERIS; STANGERIA; STANGERIACEAE; ZAMIACEAE;

EID: 84988495267     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: 20820259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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