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

21 4 Sun, 01/01/1978 - 12:00 November 873 879

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.

K. L. Alvin and J. J. C. Pais 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. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)