New perspectives on the mesozoic seed fern order corystospermales based on attached organs from the Triassic of Antarctica

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 757-768

  Axsmith, Brian J ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^b   Taylor, Thomas N ^b   Cuneo, N Ruben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Corystospermales; Dicroidium; Gondwana; Mesozoic; Pteridosperms; Triass ic; Umkomasia

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANTARCTICA;

DICROIDIUM ODONTOPTEROIDES; UMKOMASIA UNIRAMIA;

EID: 0034097950     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656883     Document Type: Article

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