Early cretaceous flora from Vale Painho (Lusitanian basin, western Portugal): An integrated palynological and mesofossil study

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 152-162

  Mendes, Mário Miguel ^a,b   Dinis, Jorge ^c   Pais, João ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Berriasian; Mesofossils; Palaeobotany; Palynoflora; Pollen; Spores

Indexed keywords

BERRIASIAN; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; POLLEN; PTERIDOPHYTE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ESTREMADURA [PORTUGAL]; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADEOIDALES; FILICOPHYTA; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 79960970367     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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