Permo-Triassic fossil woods from the South African Karoo Basin

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 35, 1999, Pages 25-40

  Bamford, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Araucarioxylon; Australoxylon; Biostratigraphy; Gymnosperm woods; Mesembrioxylon Prototaxoxylon

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC; WOOD;

KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARAUCARIOXYLON; CARBONIFEROUS; DICROIDIUM; GLOSSOPTERIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033491418     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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