A preliminary conspectus of the allon flora from the late cretaceous (Late Santonian) of central Georgia, U.S.A.

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 407-471

  Herendeen, Patrick S ^a   Magallón Puebla, Susana ^b   Lupia, Richard ^b   Crane, Peter R ^b   Kobylinska, Jolanta ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLONIA DECANDRA; ANTIQUACUPULA SULCATA; BEDELLIA PUSILLA; BOODLEPTERIS; CAMPYLOPODIUM ALLONENSE; CARYANTHUS; DETRUSANDRA; EOPOLYTRICHUM ANTIQUUM; MAULDINIA; PARASAURAUIA ALLONENSIS; PROTOFAGACEA ALLONENSIS;

EID: 0344348810     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666182     Document Type: Article

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