Wasatchian (Early Eocene) pollen floras from the Red Hot Truck Stop, Mississippi, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 725-738

  Harrington, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Eocene; Palaeocene; Palynology; Red Hot Truck Stop; US Gulf Coast

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FLORA; PALEOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MERIDIAN; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

ANNONACEAE; BROSIPOLLIS; BURSERACEAE; CELTISPOLLENITES; GRANULATISPORITES; INTERPOLLIS MICROSUPPLINGENSIS; MALVACEAE; MAMMALIA; NUXPOLLENITES PSILATUS; PLATYCARYA; PTERIDOPHYTA; RETISTEPHANOCOLPORITES; SYMPLOCOS; SYMPLOCOS CONTRACTA;

EID: 0042164495     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00318     Document Type: Article

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