Fossil woods from early Miocene sediments of the El Cien Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 141-163

  Martínez Cabrera, Hugo I ^a   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a   Poole, Imogen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baja California Peninsula; El Cien Formation; fossil woods; Mexico; Miocene

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL; LANDSCAPE; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BURSERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MORACEAE;

EID: 33646475538     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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