Anatomically preserved vojnovskyalean seed plants in upper Pennsylvanian (Stephanian) marine shales of North America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1067-1079

  Rothwell, Gar W ^a   Mapes, Gene ^a   Mapes, Royal H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLISTOPHYTALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIFEROPSIDA; FILICOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; STEPHANIA;

CONIFEROPHYTE; PALAEOBOTANY; SEED PLANT; SERGEIA NEUBURGII; STEPHANIAN; VOJNOVSKYALEAN;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030433839     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000038750     Document Type: Article

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