The ultrastructure of angiosperm pollen from the lower Cenomanian of the Morondova Basin, Madagascar

Grana

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-32

  Zavada, Michael S ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CENOMANIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; POLLEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037234467     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130310008544     Document Type: Article

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