Cheirolepidiacean foliage and pollen from Cretaceous high-latitudes of southeastern Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 960-977

  Tosolini, Anne Marie P ^a   McLoughlin, Stephen ^a,b   Wagstaff, Barbara E ^a   Cantrill, David J ^c   Gallagher, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cheirolepidiaceae; Classopollis; Conifer; Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FOLIAGE; LATITUDE; LEAF; POLLEN; STOMATA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84925303953     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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