Cretaceous floras containing angiosperm flowers and fruits from eastern North America

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 319-337

  Crane, Peter R ^a   Herendeen, Patrick S ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; FRUIT; MESOFLORA; PALAEOBOTANY;

USA, GEORGIA;

EID: 0029752387     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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