Sinomenium macrocarpum sp. nov. (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Jacques, Frédéric M B ^b  

^a Christopher)   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Menispermaceae; Neogene; North America; paleoecology; Sinomenium macrocarpum sp. nov.; systematics

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; NEOGENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

MENISPERMACEAE; SINOMENIUM;

EID: 75149147972     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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