A wood from the early Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica

Ameghiniana

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-298

  Ottone, Eduardo G ^a   Medina, Francisco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geologicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Early Cretaceous; Wood

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOBOTANY; WOOD;

ANTARCTICA;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 0032462399     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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