Marine algal remains from the Upper Devonian of South Africa

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Hiller, Norton ^a,b   Gess, Robert W ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DEVONIAN; HUNGERFORDIA FIONAE; NEW SPECIES; SYNONYMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BUTHOTREPHIS TRICHOTOMA; HUNGERFORDIA FIONAE; YEAIA AFRICANA;

EID: 0029669278     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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