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PRE‐TERTIARY RECORDS OF SALVINIACEAE
Author(s) -
Jain R. K.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1971.tb09996.x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , biology , paleontology , fossil record , evolutionary biology , ecology
New reproductive material of fossil Salviniaceae from the Edmonton Formation is described. It establishes the existence of Salvinia in the Upper Cretaceous of North America. Taxonomic and morphologic evaluations of the Cretaceous species of Salviniaceae are presented and their evolutionary significance discussed.