Floral data from the mid-Cenozoic of central Pakistan

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 115-129

  De Franceschi, Dario ^a   Hoorn, Carina ^b   Antoine, Pierre Olivier ^c   Cheema, Iqbal U ^d   Flynn, Lawrence J ^e   Lindsay, Everett H ^f   Marivaux, Laurent ^g   Métais, Grégoire ^a   Rajpar, A Rahim ^d   Welcomme, Jean Loup ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UMR 7327   (France)

^d PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^e Peabody Essex Museum   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Chitarwata Formation; Combretaceae; fossil wood; Himalaya uplift; Miocene; Oligocene; Pakistan; palynology; Picea; Terminalioxylon

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARECACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMBRETACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; PALAEONTOGRAPHICA; PICEA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIOXYLON;

EID: 43849108764     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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