The anatomy and seed plant affinities of Rhacopteris and Spathulopteris foliage from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous) of Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-208

  Galtier, Jean ^a   Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^a   Brown, Rachel ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Brick House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Asbian; Leaf; Lower Carboniferous; Morphology; Seed plants

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; SEED PLANT;

EID: 0031828257     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006945     Document Type: Article

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