An Early Jurassic flora from the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Jansson, I M ^a   McLoughlin, S ^b   Vajda, V ^a   Pole, M ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; conifers; Marburg Subgroup; palaeoenvironment; Pliensbachian; Toarcian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERN; FLORA; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOARCIAN; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE-MORETON BASIN;

ARAUCARIACEAE; CAYTONIACEAE; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CLADOPHLEBIS; CLASSOPOLLIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; ISOETALES; ISOETITES; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; SAGENOPTERIS NILSSONIANA; SPHENOPTERIS;

EID: 43849104354     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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