Berriochloa gabeli and Berriochloa huletti (Gramineae: Stipeae), two new grass species from the late miocene ash hollow formation of Nebraska and Kansas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-199

  Thomasson, Joseph R ^a  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; GRASS; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY;

KANSAS; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BERRIOCHLOA GABELI; BERRIOCHLOA HULETTI; BERRIOCHLOA INTERMEDIA; FRAXINUS; GRAMINEAE; HEMPHILLIA; POACEAE; RIPARIA; STIPEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12144283873     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0185:BGABHG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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