Palmoxylon queenslandicum: A permineralised oligocene palm trunk from near springsure, southeastern queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Conran, John G ^a   Rozefelds, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Herbarium   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Arecaceae; Fossils; Monocotyledon; Oligocene; Palaeobotany; Palm; Palmoxylon queenslandicum; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY;

AUSTRALIA;

ARECACEAE; CARYOTEAE; CORYPHEAE; LICUALA; LILIOPSIDA; LIVISTONA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038323331     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510308619553     Document Type: Article

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