A new Early Pleistocene species of Nothofagus and the climatic implications of co-occurring Nothofagus fossils

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 757-765

  Jordan, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCLIMATE; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; REGATTA POINT; TASMANIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII; NOTHOFAGUS PACHYPHYLLA;

EID: 0033592860     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB98025     Document Type: Article

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