Attached leaves and fruits of myrtaceous affinity from the Middle Eocene of Colorado

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Manchester, Steven R ^a   Dilcher, David L ^a   Wing, Scott L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Eocene; Fruits; Green River Formation; Leaves; Myrtaceae; Palaeobotany

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL; LEAF;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUGENIA; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIOIDES; SYZYGIOIDES AMERICANA; SYZYGIUM FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0031726937     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(98)80002-X     Document Type: Article

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