Anatomically preserved lepidodendralean plants from Permian coal balls of China: Leaves of Lepidophylloides snigirevskaya

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-76

  Wang, Shi Jun ^a   Tian, Bao Lin ^b   Chen, Gui Ren ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathaysian flora; Coal ball; Early Permian; Lepidodendrales; Lepidophylloides

Indexed keywords

COAL; FLORA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN;

CHINA;

LEPIDODENDRALES;

EID: 0036810693     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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