Gymnostoma tasmanianum sp. nov., a fossil Casuarinaceae from the Early Oligocene of Little Rapid River, Tasmania, Australia

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 629-634

  Guerin, Greg ^a   Hill, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casuarinaceae; Cenozoic; Gymnostoma; Macrofossil; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY;

AUSTRALIA; LITTLE RAPID RIVER; TASMANIA;

CASUARINACEAE; GYMNOSTOMA; GYMNOSTOMA TASMANIANUM;

EID: 0041976850     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375375     Document Type: Article

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