Fossil sedges, macroplants, and roots from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-363

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyperaceae; Monocots; Taphonomy; Woody dicots

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SEDGE; SILICIFICATION; TAPHONOMY; WOODY PLANT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FUIRENA; INVERTEBRATA; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; SCHOENOPLECTUS;

EID: 84864560769     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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