A new late devonian acupulate preovule from the taft gorge, South Wales

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 235-252

  Hilton, Jason ^a   Edwards, Dianne ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLOSPERMA; DEVONIAN; GYMNOSPERM; PREOVULE;

UK, WALES;

EID: 0030251234     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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