Miocene Smilax leaves and associated epiphyllous fungi from Zhejiang, East China and their paleoecological implications

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 209-223

  Ding, Su Ting ^a,b   Sun, Bai Nian ^a,b   Wu, Jing Yu ^a,b   Li, Xiang Chuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cuticle; East China; Epiphyllous fungi; Miocene; Smilax

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MICROTHYRIACEAE; SMILAX;

EID: 79957548199     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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