Emwadea microcarpa gen. et sp. nov.—anatomically preserved araucarian seed cones from the winton formation (late albian), Western Queensland, Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-237

  Dettmann, Mary E ^a   Clifford, H Trevor ^a   Peters, Mark ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araucariaceae; Australia; Eromanga Basin; Fossil conifer; Late Albian; Seed cone

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; EROMANGA BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

AGATHIS (CONIFER); ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; WOLLEMIA;

EID: 84866911886     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2012.622155     Document Type: Article

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