New Albian macro- and palynoflora from the Negev (Israel) with description of a new gymnosperm morphotaxon

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-29

  Krassilov, Valentin ^a,b   Schrank, Eckart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albian; Cretaceous; Early angiosperms; Gnetophytes; Israel; Negev; Paleobotany; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMMONITE; ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GYMNOSPERM; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

AFROPOLLIS; AMMONOIDEA; ARAUCARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYPHYLLUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GNETOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 78649817540     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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