Upper Cretaceous woods from the Olmos Formation (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1179-1194

  Estrada Ruiz, Emilio ^a   Martínez Cabrera, Hugo I ^b   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm woods; Campanian Maastrichtian; Coahuila; Fossil wood; Mexico; Olmos Formation; Upper cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CAMPANIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOTYPE; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; WOOD;

COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANACARDIACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CORNACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 77954654955     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900234     Document Type: Article

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