Endocarps of Prunus (Rosaceae: Prunoideae) from the early Eocene of Wutu, Shandong Province, China

Taxon

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Li, Ya ^a,d   Smith, Thierry ^b   Liu, Chang Jiang ^a   Awasthi, Nilamber ^c   Yang, Jian ^a   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Early Eocene; Endocarps; Prunus; Wutu

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COAL MINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA; SHANDONG; WUTU;

PRUNUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 79955395906     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.602021     Document Type: Article

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