Comparing palynological abundance and diversity: Implications for biotic replacement during the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-340

  Lupia, Richard ^a   Lidgard, Scott ^a   Crane, Peter R ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; PALYNOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMAE; CHITINOZOA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033427131     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S009483730002131X     Document Type: Article

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