Nothofagus beardmorensis (Nothofagaceae), a new species based on leaves from the pliocene sirius group, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-24

  Hill, R S ^a   Harwood, D M ^b   Webb, P N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTHOFAGUS BEARDMORENSIS;

NOTHOFAGUS BEARDMORENSIS; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA, TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, DOMINION RANGE, OLIVER BLUFFS;

EID: 0030274273     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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