Dorinnotheca streelii Fairon-Demaret, gen. et sp. nov., a new early seed plant from the upper Famennian of Belgium

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 217-233

  Fairon Demaret, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORINNOTHECA STREELII;

DEVONIAN; DORINNOTHECA STREELII; FAMENNIAN; SEED PLANT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0030251230     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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