A unique and complete polemoniaceous plant from the middle Eocene of Utah, USA

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-49

  Lott, Terry A ^a   Manchester, Steven R ^a   Dilcher, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Gilisenium; Green River Formation; Herbaceous; Paleobotany; Polemoniaceae

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL; PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

GILIA; GILISENIUM HUEBERI;

EID: 0032414757     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(98)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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