Permineralized ferns from the middle Eocene Princeton chert. I. Makotopteris princetonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Athyriaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1047-1055

  Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Nishida, Harufumi ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Athyriaceae; Dictyostele; Eocene; Fossil fern; Paleobotany; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

MAKOTOPTERIS PRINCETONENSIS;

EID: 0032697806     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314191     Document Type: Article

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