Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-86

  McLoughlin, Stephen ^a   Larsson, Kent ^b   Lindström, Sofie ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Glossopteris; Middle Permian; Palynostratigraphy; Phyllotheca; Vertebraria

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

EQUISETALES; GLOSSOPTERIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; PHYLLOTHECA;

EID: 15244342533     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002464     Document Type: Article

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