Discovery of a Cretaceous angiosperm reproductive structure from New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-522

  Kennedy, Elizabeth M ^a   Lovis, John D ^b   Daniel, Ian L ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiosperm reproductive structure; Flower macrofossils; Late Cretaceous; New Zealand; Northwest Nelson

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEONTOLOGY;

NELSON;

EID: 11844263709     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515025     Document Type: Article

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