The Miocene macroflora of the Northern Ogallala Group, Northern Nebraska and Southern South Dakota

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 388-397

  Gabel, Mark L ^a   Backlund, Douglas C ^b   Haffner, Jacob ^a  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Game ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERRIOCHLOA; BIORBIA; CAREX; CELTIS; CRYPTANTHA; CYPEROCARPUS; ELEOFIMBRIS; LITHOSPERMUM;

EID: 0031898250     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000036362     Document Type: Article

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