Dernbachia brasiliensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. - A new small tree fern from the Permian of NE Brazil

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 239-263

  Rößler, Ronny ^a   Galtier, Jean ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Dernbachia; Evolution; Permian; Permineralization; Stem anatomy; Tree ferns

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FERN; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PERMIAN; STEM;

BRAZIL; MARANHA BASIN; TOCANTINS STATE;

DERNBACHIA BRASILIENSIS; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0036858687     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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