A new maastrichtian-paleocene azolla species from of bolivia, with a comparison of the global record of coeval azolla microfossils

Alcheringa

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-329

  Vajda, Vivi ^a   McLoughlin, Stephen ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic ferns; Azolla; Cretaceous; Heterospory; Megaspores; Palaeoecology; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

MAASTRICHTIAN; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCENE; SPORE;

AZOLLA; CYANOBACTERIA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 27744469089     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510508619308     Document Type: Article

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