Australian cretaceous terrestrial faunas and floras: biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 207-262

  Dettmann, M E ^a   Molnar, R E ^b   Douglas, J G ^c   Burger, D ^d   Fielding, C ^a   Clifford, H T ^a   Francis, J ^e   Jell, P ^b   Rich, T ^f   Wade, M ^b   Rich, P V ^g   Pledge, N ^h   Kemp, A ^b   Rozefelds, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Department of Industry Technology and Resources PO Box 173 East Melbourne V 3002 Australia ^*

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; biostratigraphy; Cretaceous; floras; nonmarine correlations; palaeoclimatology; palaeoecology; palaeogeography; terrestrial faunas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001637704     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0195-6671(92)90001-7     Document Type: Article

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