Eocene fossil Alseodaphne from Hainan Island of China and its paleoclimatic implications

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1537-1542

  Li, JingZhao ^a   Qiu, Jue ^a   Liao, WenBo ^a   Jin, JianHua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. hainanensis Merrill; Alseodaphne changchangensis sp. nov.; Changchang Basin; Eocene; Hainan Island; Lauraceae; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RANGE; CLIMATE FACTORS; DISTRIBUTION AREA; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HAINAN ISLAND; LAURACEAE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PALEOCLIMATES; RAIN FORESTS; SPECIES ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

RAIN;

TROPICS;

EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHANGCHANG BASIN; CHINA; GUANGDONG; HAINAN; VIET NAM; ZHUHAI;

ALSEODAPHNE; LAURACEAE;

EID: 76249097724     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0120-1     Document Type: Article

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