Dryland plant communities in the Pennsylvanian (mid- to late Bolsovian) Winterbourne Formation of Bristol, southern Britain: Further evidence for taphonomic megabias

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 268-285

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a,b   Pendleton, Janine L ^c   Wellman, Charles H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordaitaleans; Drylands; Medullosans; Moscovian; Pennsylvanian; Red beds

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CONGLOMERATE; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GYMNOSPERM; MOSCOVIAN; OUTCROP; PALEOSOL; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECONSTRUCTION; RED BED; REPOSITORY; TAPHONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND; WINTER;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORDAITALES; DADOXYLON; GYMNOSPERMAE; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; SIGILLARIA;

EID: 79960965694     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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