Frasnian plants from the Dra Valley, southern Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 675-686

  Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^a   Rücklin, Martin ^b   Soria, Aude ^a   Belka, Zdzislaw ^c   Lardeux, Hubert ^d  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Devonian; Fossil wood; Morocco; Palaeobotany

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ATLAS; DEVONIANS; FOSSIL WOODS; MOROCCO; PALAEOBOTANY;

DEPOSITS;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRASNIAN; PALEOBOTANY; WOOD;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12444310196     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756804009665     Document Type: Article

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