Megaspore and microfossil assemblages reveal diverse herbaceous lycophytes in the Australian Early Jurassic flora

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Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-53

  Mcloughlin, Stephen ^a   Jansson, Ida Maria ^b,c   Vajda, Vivi ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clarence Moreton Basin; Gondwana; Isoetales; lycophyte megaspores; mesofossils; microspores; Pliensbachian

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MICROFOSSIL; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PLIENSBACHIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPORE;

AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE-MORETON BASIN;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOETALES; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; PAXILLITRILETES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84897392531     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2013.848234     Document Type: Article

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