The ladinian flora from the cassina beds (Meride Limestone, Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland): Preliminary results

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-188

  Stockar, Rudolf ^a,b   Kustatscher, Evelyn ^c  

^a Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Naturmuseum Südtirol ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Elatocladus; Lagerst tte; Middle triassic; Monte san giorgio; Plant fossils; Southern alps

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; LADINIAN; LIMESTONE; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

MONTE SAN GIORGIO; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADALES; ELATOCLADUS; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; PELOURDEA; TAENIOPTERIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954926611     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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