The plant fossils from the Kaizara Formation (Callovian, Jurassic) of the Tetori Group in the Izumi district, Fukui prefecture, Central Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Yamada, Toshihiro ^a   Uemura, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kaizara flora; Kaizara Formation; Kuzuryu Subgroup; Middle Jurassic; Tetori Group; Tetori type flora

Indexed keywords

CALLOVIAN; FLORA; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; PALEOBOTANY; PLANT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUI; HONSHU; IZUMI; JAPAN;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADALES; EQUISETALES;

EID: 44649098376     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144(2008)12[1:TPFFTK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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