The Late Triassic Schilderia adamanica and Woodworthia arizonica trees of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-38

  Creber, Geoffrey T ^a   Ash, Sidney R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Chinle Formation; Epicormic shoots; Fossil trees; Late Triassic; Preventitious buds; Reconstructions

Indexed keywords

FOSSILIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; SHOOT; TREE; TRIASSIC;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; SCHILDERIA ADAMANICA; WOODWORTHIA ARIZONICA;

EID: 0842306311     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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