Early eocene dispersed cuticles and mangrove to rainforest vegetation at Strahan-Regatta Point, Tasmania

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Pole, Mike ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cuticle; Early Eocene; Mangrove; Paleoclimate; Stomata

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MANGROVE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; STOMATA;

ACMOPYLE; AGATHIS (CONIFER); AQUIFOLIACEAE; ARAUCARIA; BOWENIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADALES; DACRYCARPUS; GNETALES; GYMNOSTOMA; LAURACEAE; LIBOCEDRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; NYPA; PROTEACEAE; PRUMNOPITYS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WINTERACEAE;

EID: 38049179068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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