Suavitas imbricata gen. et sp. nov., an anatomically preserved seed analogue of putative lycophyte affinities from upper Pennsylvanian marine deposits

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1083-1090

  Rice, Jennifer ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^a   Mapes, Gene ^a   Mapes, Royal H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; dysoxic marine; extrabasinal vegetation; lycophyte; seed analogue

Indexed keywords

SUAVITAS IMBRICATA;

CARBONIFEROUS; LYCOPHYTE; SEED ANALOGUE; SHALE;

USA, TEXAS, JACKSBORO;

EID: 0029663978     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445998     Document Type: Article

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