Devonian spore ultrastructure: Rhabdosporites

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 147-158

  Taylor, Thomas N ^a   Scheckler, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHABDOSPORITES;

DEVONIAN; MIOSPORE; RHABDOSPORITES; SPORE DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030251240     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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