Composition and dynamics of the great Phanerozoic Evolutionary Floras

Lethaia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 469-484

  Cleal, Christopher J ^a,b   Cascales Miñana, Borja ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evolutionary Floras; Extinction events; Families; Palaeobotany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907954214     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/let.12070     Document Type: Article

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