A new macrofossil ephedroid plant with unusual bract morphology from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China
Abstract Background The evolution of the Jehol Biota of western Liaoning in China includes three phases, initiation in the Dabeigou phase, radiation in the Yixian phase, and decline in the Jiufotang phase. Numerous ephedroid macrofossils were reported from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation. Howe...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1569-y |