Evidence of insect-plant interactions from the Upper Gondwana sequence (Lower Cretaceous) in the Rajmahal Basin, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 205-210

  Banerji, Jayasri ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; India; Plant insect relationships; Rajmahal Basin; Rajmahal Formation

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; GALL; GONDWANA; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

INDIA; RAJMAHAL BASIN;

ANADENANTHERA PEREGRINA; EOMANGIFEROPHYLLUM; GLOSSOPTERIS; NIPANIOPHYLLUM; PHYLLOPTEROIDES; PTILOPHYLLUM; SOPHORA;

EID: 0742305234     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70320-8     Document Type: Article

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