The Late Cretaceous leaf flora from Jebel Mudaha, Sudan

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 241, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Schrank, Eckart ^a   Rüffle, Ludwig ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Cretaceous; Leaves; Macroflora; Palaeoecology; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY;

SUDAN;

ANNONACEAE; LAURACEAE; LAURUS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ULMACEAE;

EID: 0037667366     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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