Cervicornus wenshanensis, gen. et sp. nov, a Pragian (Early Devonian) plant with forked leaves from Yunnan, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Hueber, Francis M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicornus; China; Early Devonian; Plantae; Pragian

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; LEAF; PLANT;

CHINA;

CERVICORNUS WENSHANENSIS;

EID: 0034072532     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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