Fossil woods from the late Campanian-early Maastrichtian Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Mexico

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-133

  Estrada Ruiz, Emilio ^a   Martínez Cabrera, Hugo I ^b   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coahuila; Fagaceae; late Campanian early Maastrichtian; Malvaceae; Olmos Formation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAMPANIAN; DEAD WOOD; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEGUME; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; TAXONOMY;

COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CABRERA; FAGACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PECARI TAJACU;

EID: 34247628917     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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