Latest ordovician cryptospores from southern Xinjiang, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-74

  Wang, Yi ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Wang, Ruiming ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Explor and Devmt Res Institute   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cryptospores; Latest Ordovician; Palaeobotanical significance; Southern Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORE; ORDOVICIAN;

CHINA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031472688     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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