Early Eudicot flower and fruit: Dakotanthus gen. nov. from the Cretaceous Dakota Formation of Kansas and Nebraska, USA

An extinct plant that populated the eastern margin of the Cretaceous Midcontinental Seaway of North America about 100 million years ago has attracted interest as one of the earliest known bisexual flowers in the fossil record. Reexamination of the type specimen of Carpites cordiformis Lesq., and cor...

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Main Authors: STEVEN R. MANCHESTER, DAVID L. DILCHER, WALTER S. JUDD, BRANDON CORDER, JAMES F. BASINGER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeobotanica
Online Access:https://acpa.botany.pl/Early-Eudicot-flower-and-fruit-Dakotanthus-gen-nov-from-the-Cretaceous-Dakota-Formation,118537,0,2.html