A reconstruction of the fossil palm Sabalites longirhachis (Unger) J. Kvaček et Herman from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-83

  Marmi, Josep ^a   Gomez, Bernard ^b   Martín Closas, Carles ^c   Villalba Breva, Sheila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Cretaceous; Paleoecology; Pyrenees; Sabalites longirhachis; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; COAL SEAM; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LEAF; LIMESTONE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY; PEAT; RECONSTRUCTION; SUCCESSION; TAPHONOMY;

PYRENEES;

ARECACEAE; SABALITES LONGIRHACHIS;

EID: 78649761956     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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