Woods from the Miocene Bakate Formation, Ethiopia. Anatomical characteristics, estimates of original specific gravity and ecological inferences

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 193-207

  Wheeler, E A ^a   Wiemann, M C ^b   Fleagle, J G ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bakate Formation; Ethiopia; fossil wood; Miocene; specific gravity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENSITY; DRY FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRUIT; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEED; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; FEJEJ; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BIGNONIACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; FABACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 34548295628     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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