A boreal early cradle of Angiosperms? Angiosperm-like pollen from the Middle Triassic of the Barents Sea (Norway)

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Hochuli, Peter A ^a   Feist Burkhardt, Susanne ^b  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 10244252727     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.23.2.97     Document Type: Article

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