First Cretaceous flowers from Antarctica

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-217

  Eklund, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Antarctica; Cretaceous; Flowers; Mesofossils

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

ANTARCTICA;

INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; SIPARUNACEAE; WINTERACEAE;

EID: 0348077489     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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