Resolving taxonomic problems through cuticular analysis in Early Cretaceous bennettitalean leaves from Patagonia

• Published in: Cretaceous Research
• Main Authors: Carrizo, Martin Alejandro, Lafuente Diaz, Maiten Amalia, del Fueyo, Georgina Marisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: BENNETTITALES; FOLIAR CUTICLE; LOWER CRETACEOUS; PATAGONIA; PTILOPHYLLUM; SPRINGHILL FORMATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Diaz; Carrizo; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/124595

The genus Ptilophyllum Morris is one of the most common bennettitalean leaf genera found in the Cretaceous megafloras from Western Gondwana, particularly Patagonia and Antarctica. Among several specimens, the similarity in the morphology of their leaves make them hard to distinguish from each other,...