Ultrastructure of Synorisporites downtonensis and Retusotriletes cf. coronadus in spore masses from the Přídoli of the Welsh Borderland

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 783-800

  Edwards, D ^a   Davies, K L ^a   Richardson, J B ^b   Wellman, C H ^a   Axe, L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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