Fossil myrtaceous pollen as evidence for the evolutionary history of Myrtaceae: A review of fossil Myrtaceidites species

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 176-177, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-23

  Thornhill, Andrew H ^a   Macphail, Mike ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fossil pollen; Late Cretaceous; Myrtaceae; Myrtaceidites; Neogene; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEOGENE; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

CHAMELAUCIUM; HOMORANTHUS; MYRTACEAE; VERTICORDIA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84859704690     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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