Eocene Nypa from Regatta Point, Tasmania

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Pole, Mike S ^a   Macphail, Mike K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYPA;

EOCENE; MANGROVE PALM; NYPA; PALM;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, REGATTA POINT;

EID: 0029750736     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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