Plant evolution in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of the southern Negev, Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Krassilov, Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Negev; Paleobotany; Paleoecology; Plant evolution

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; PALEOBOTANY; PLANT; TURONIAN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

ALISMATALES; AMMONITES (GENUS); ARECALES; COMMELINALES; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FAGALES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTALES; NYMPHAEALES; ORA; PANDANALES; POALES; RANUNCULALES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SAPINDALES; SAXIFRAGALES; TROCHODENDRACEAE;

EID: 23944500396     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/DNTM-M8FT-5C27-HRUH     Document Type: Article

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