A Frenelopsis with opposite decussate leaves from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal

Volume / Part: 21 / 4
Publication Date: November 1978
Page(s): 873 - 879
Authored By: K. L. Alvin and J. J. C. Pais

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A new species of fossil conifer belonging to the Cheirolepidiaceae (Hirmerellaceae) of Hauterivian or Barremian age is described from Portugal. It differs from other known species of this genus in leaf arrangement and cuticle details. The significance of leaf arrangement in the group is discussed.

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 873-879

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 873-879

Citations

ALVIN, K. L., PAIS, J. J. C. 1978. A Frenelopsis with opposite decussate leaves from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal. Palaeontology, 21, 4, 873–879.