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ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOTA OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA: EVIDENCE FROM THE FOSSIL PLANT RECORD†
Alan Graham,
Alan Graham
Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
Present address: Dept. of Biology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240.Search for more papers by this authorAlan Graham,
Alan Graham
Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
Present address: Dept. of Biology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240.Search for more papers by this author†
An invited paper presented as part of the Society for the Study of Evolution's symposium, Origin and Evolution of the Biota of Southeastern North America, Chapel Hill, March 27, 1964.
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