Seed ferns survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in Tasmania

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-471

  McLoughlin, Stephen ^a   Carpenter, Raymond J ^b   Jordan, Gregory J ^c   Hill, Robert S ^b,d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Corystospermaceae; Eocene; Extinction; Komlopteris; Refugia; Seed ferns; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FERN; FOSSIL; GONDWANA; NEW SPECIES; REFUGIUM; SEED; SURVIVAL; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AMMONOIDEA; DINOSAURIA; FILICOPHYTA; KOMLOPTERIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 43049134118     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.4.465     Document Type: Article

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