A late Paleozoic fossil forest from the southern Andes, Argentina

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-147

  Césari, Silvia N ^a   Busquets, Pedro ^b   Méndez Bedia, Isabel ^c   Colombo, Ferran ^b   Limarino, Carlos O ^d   Cardó, Raúl ^e   Gallastegui, Gloria ^f  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gondwana; Late Paleozoic; Paleoecology; Trees

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; SAN IGNACIO;

ARTHROPODA; CORDAITALES;

EID: 84860477600     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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