Aspects of permian palaeobotany and palynology. XVII. Conifer extinction in Europe at the permian-triassic junction: Morphology, ultrastructure and geographic/stratigraphic distribution of Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi (prepollen of Ortiseia, Walchiaceae)

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-39

  Poort, Ruud J ^a   Clement Westerhof, Johanna A ^a   Looy, Cindy V ^a   Visscher, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fossil conifers; Permian Triassic extinction; Prepollen; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

CONIFER; EXTINCTION; NUSKOISPORITES DULHUNTYI; PALYNOLOGY; PERMAIN; TRIASSIC; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

CARBONIFEROUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; ORTISEIA;

EID: 0030751668     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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