Fossil palms (arecaceae, coryphoideae) associated with juvenile herbivorous dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation, Big Bend National Park, TEXAS

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 679-689

  Manchester, Steven R ^a   Lehman, Thomas M ^b   Wheeler, Elisabeth A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Campanian; Ceratopsians; Dinosaur herbivory; Fossil; Leaves; Sabal; Seeds; Stems; Texas

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; JUVENILE; LEAF; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SEED; STEM;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CERATOPSIA; CORYPHOIDEAE; DINOSAURIA; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO;

EID: 77955706534     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653688     Document Type: Article

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