South American palaeobotany and the origins of neotropical rainforests

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1595-1610

  Burnham, Robyn J ^a   Johnson, Kirk R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cretaceous; Eocene; Fossils; Neotropics; Palaeocene

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOBOTANY; RAINFOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARECACEAE; FABACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 8144222771     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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