Eocene plant diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-650

  Wilf, Peter ^a   Johnson, Kirk R ^b   Cúneo, N Rubén ^c   Smith, M Elliot ^d   Singer, Bradley S ^d   Gandolfo, Maria A ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eocene; Geochronology; Paleobotany; Paleoclimate; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT;

ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19944411447     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430055     Document Type: Article

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