An explanation for conflicting records of Triassic-Jurassic plant diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 15351-15356

  Mander, Luke ^a   Kürschner, Wolfram M ^b   McElwain, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extinction; Palaeobotany; Palynology; Taphonomy; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; MACROFOSSIL; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; EVOLUTION; FERNS; FOSSILS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

CYCADOPSIDA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 77957253609     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004207107     Document Type: Article

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