Sedimentology of the El Puquén Formation (Upper Triassic, central Chile) and the new plant Mollesia melendeziae gen. et sp. nov. (Pteridophylla, incertae sedis)

Ameghiniana

Volumn 37, Issue 4 SUPPLEMENT, 2000, Pages 477-485

  Melchor, Ricardo N ^a   Herbst, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chile; Deep lacustrine; El Puqu n Formation; Mollesia gen. nov. Pteridophylla; Upper triassic

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

CHILE;

MOLLESIA MELENDEZIAE;

EID: 0034451744     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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