Pseudofrenelopsis cf. parceramosa and its reproductive organs from the Lower Cretaceous Youngdong Group of Korea.

A large number of cheirolepidiaceous shoots and some associated male and female cones collected from the Lower Cretaceous Youngdong Group in the Youngdong area of Chungcheongbug-do, Korea, are described as Pseudofrenelopsis cf. parceramosa (Fontaine) Watson, its male cone of Classostrobus comptonensis Alvin et al. and female cone based on their external morphology respectively. The abundant presence of Pseudofrenelopsis shoots in the Youngdong Group indicates that it was a dominat group flourished during the Early Cretaceous in Korea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]