Late Cretaceous woody dicots from the Aguja and Javelina Formations, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

IAWA Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-120

  Wheeler, E A ^a   Lehman, T M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aguja Formation; Big Bend National Park; Cretaceous; Fossil wood; Javelina Formation; Malvales; Paleobotany; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ALAMOSAURUS;

EID: 0034066444     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000239     Document Type: Article

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