A fossil dicotyledonous woodland/forest from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas

Palaios

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-101

  Lehman, Thomas M ^a   Wheeler, Elisabeth A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84914170792     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0102:AFDWFF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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