Paleoactaea gen. nov. (Ranunculaceae) fruits from the Paleogene of North Dakota and the London Clay

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1650-1659

  Pigg, Kathleen B ^a   DeVore, Melanie L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actaea; Almont; London Clay; Paleocene; Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FRUIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACTAEA (ANGIOSPERM); RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 26444506200     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.10.1650     Document Type: Article

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