Late Pliocene woody vegetation of Area 41, Koobi Fora, East Turkana Basin, Kenya

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 191-210

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fossil wood; FwJj20; Late Pliocene; Riverine woodland; Upper Burgi Member

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FOSSIL RECORD; LEGUME; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOOL USE; WOODLAND;

KENYA; KOOBI FORA; RIFT VALLEY; TURKANA;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DIOSPYROS; DRYPETES; EBENACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FUNTUMIA; KHAYA; MELIACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; SCHOTIA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS SP.;

EID: 79952701179     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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