Fossil fruits and seeds of the middle eocene messel biota, Germany

Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung

Volumn 570, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-251

  Collinson, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Manchester, Steven R ^d   Wilde, Volker ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Aril; Biogeography; Disseminule; Exceptional preservation; Flora; Frugivory; Lagerst tte; Liana; Oil shale; Paleobotany; Paleogene; Tertiary; Vegetation; Vertebrate diet

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EOCENE; FOREST CANOPY; FOSSIL RECORD; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HERB; MORPHOTYPE; NEW RECORD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE; SEED; TAXONOMY; UNESCO; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; OREGON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863915528     PISSN: 18680356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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