The development of floristic provinciality during the Middle and Late Paleozoic

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 5-40

  Wnuk, Christopher ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FLORAL PROVINCE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PROVINCIALISM; SILURIAN;

EID: 0029750529     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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