Seed-cone scales from the upper Maastrichtian document the last occurrence in Europe of the Southern Hemisphere conifer family Araucariaceae

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 469-473

  van der Ham, Raymond W J M ^a   Jagt, John W M ^b   Renkens, Sjir ^c   van Konijnenburg van Cittert, Johanna H A ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis ^*  (Netherlands)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Climate change; Conifer cone scale; Fossil; Last appearance datum; Maastrichtian

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; SEED; SHATTER CONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TYPE LOCALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78449232317     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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