A new late Palaeogene macroflora from Bellsund, Spitsbergen

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-163

  Birkenmajer, Krzysztof ^a   Zastawniak, Ewa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Late Palaeogene; Macroflora; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE;

ARCTIC; BELLSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BETULACEAE; CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLITES; EQUISETOPHYTA; EQUISETUM; FAGACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METASEQUOIA; PLATANACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; TROCHODENDRACEAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 33745721786     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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