A petrified cycad trunk from the late cretaceous of the larsen basin, Antarctica

Alcheringa

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-318

  Cantrill, D J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cycadales; James ross island; Late Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL;

ANTARCTICA;

CONIACIAN; CYCADACEAE; CYCADALES; CYCAS; ENCEPHALARTOS; LEPIDOZAMIA; MACROZAMIA;

EID: 0033679184     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510008619534     Document Type: Article

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