Patterns of Gondwana plant colonisation and diversification

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-167

  Anderson, J M ^a   Anderson, H M ^b   Archangelsky, S ^c   Bamford, M ^c   Chandra, S ^d   Dettmann, M ^e   Hill, R ^f   Mcloughlin, S ^g   Rosler O ^h  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSIDADE DO CONTESTADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0032862296     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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