A woody shrub from the miocene nevis oil shale, otago, new zealand ‐ a possible fossil divaricate?

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Campbell, J D ^a   Lee, D E ^a   Lee, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Landcarc Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fossil plant; Manuhenkia Group; Miocene divaricate; Nevis Oil Shale; Nevis Valley

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE; WOODY PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033876131     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517614     Document Type: Article

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