Cretaceous plant fossils of pitt Island, the Chatham group, New Zealand

Alcheringa

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-263

  Pole, Mike ^a   Philippe, Marc ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Araucariaceae; Cheirolepidiaceae; Cretaceous; Cuticle; New Zealand; Palaeoclimate; Podocarpaceae

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANGIOSPERM; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; SANTONIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PITT ISLAND;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CYCADEOIDALES; EROMANGIA; GINKGO BILOBA; KAKAHUIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAAHAKE; PODOCARPACEAE; TAXACEAE;

EID: 77955646147     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115511003659085     Document Type: Article

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