Early Cretaceous Gleicheniaceae and Matoniaceae (Gleicheniales) from Alexander Island, Antarctica

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-93

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Antarctica; Early Cretaceous; Ferns; Gleicheniaceae; Matonia; Matoniaceae

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FERN; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

FILICOPHYTA; GLEICHENIACEAE; GLEICHENITES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MATONIA; MATONIACEAE;

EID: 33644751204     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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