Ultrastructural studies of fossil plant cuticles: Ticoa harrisii from the early Cretaceous of Argentina

1986/02/01 by Sérgio Archangelsky, SERGIO ARCHANGELSKY, Thomas N. Taylor +3 · 17 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant and animal studies #Plant Reproductive Biology #Plant Diversity and Evolution

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1986.tb01827.x

Abstract

The fine structure of fossil plant cuticles of Cretaceous age demonstrates well preserved layers that are topographically equivalent to those in some extant plants. Cuticle stratification on specialized structures (stomatal apparatus and trichomes) is presented, together with an account of the fine structure of both the upper and lower cuticular membrane. Levels of cuticle stratification are compared with those of extant plants.

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