Permian freshwater stromatolites associated with the conifer shoots Cassinisia orobica Kerp et al. - A very peculiar type of fossilization

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 85-105

  Freytet, Pierre ^a,b   Kerp, Hans ^c   Broutin, Jean ^b  

^a Université P et M Curie ^*  (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINISIA OROBICA;

CASSINISIA OROBICA; CONIFER; ENCRUSTATION; FOSSILIZATION; PERMIAN; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 0029669275     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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