Additional observations on Rhynchosperma quinnii (Medullosaceae): A permineralized ovule from the Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1799-1808

  Dunn, Michael T ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^a   Mapes, Gene ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesterian; Medullosaceae; Mississippian; Ovule; Rhynchosperma quinnii; Trigonocarpalean

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBONIFEROUS; FERN; MISSISSIPPIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; MEDULLOSACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; RHYNCHOSPERMA; RHYNCHOSPERMA QUINNII;

EID: 0036860726     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.11.1799     Document Type: Article

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