Dicotyledonous leaf macrofossils from the latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia

Paleontological Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-52

  Pole, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Australia; Cretaceous; Cuticle; Stomate

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; PALEOBOTANY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANGIOSPERMAE;

EID: 0034128392     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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