Unusual oak leaf galls from the middle Miocene of Northwestern Nevada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1080-1084

  Waggoner, Benjamin M ^a   Poteet, Mary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOLEPIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYNIPIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS;

ANTRONOIDES SCHORNI; GALL; LEAF; MIOCENE; OAK; QUERCUS;

USA, NEVADA, WASHOE COUNTY;

EID: 0030426873     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000038762     Document Type: Article

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