Cascadiacarpa spinosa gen. et sp. nov. (Fagaceae): Castaneoid fruits from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, Canada

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-361

  Mindell, Randal A ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Beard, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appian Way; Castaneoideae; Castanopsis; Eocene; Fagaceae; Fagales

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DICOTYLEDON; EOCENE; FRUIT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE;

APPIAN WAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CASTANOPSIS; FAGACEAE; FAGALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250756146     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.3.351     Document Type: Article

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