Ferns from the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica: Implications for Cretaceous phytogeography of the Southern Hemisphere

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 83-103

  Cantrill, David J ^a   Nagalingum, Nathalie S ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Antarctica; Biogeography; Cretaceous; Ferns; Osmundaceae

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FERN; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

FILICOPHYTA; OSMUNDACEAE; PHYLLOPTEROIDES; SPHENOPTERIS;

EID: 28444443075     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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