Late Palaeocene Cupressaceae macrofossils at Lake Bungarby, New South Wales

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-254

  Whang, Sung Soo ^a   Hill, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; PALEOCENE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE BUNGARBY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AUSTROCEDRUS; BUNGARBIA LINIFOLIUS; CUPRESSACEAE; LIBOCEDRUS ACUTIFOLIUS; LIBOCEDRUS OBTUSIFOLIUS; METASEQUOIA; MONAROPHYLLUM;

EID: 0033542766     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB98005     Document Type: Article

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