Venezuelan paleoflora of the Pennsylvanian-Early Permian: Paleobiogeographical relationships to central and western equatorial Pangea

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-305

  Ricardi Branco, Fresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carache formation; Delnortea; Palmarito formation; Permian Paleobotany

Indexed keywords

FLORA; GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 48349148073     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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