A new species of permineralised cardiocarpalean ovule from the Early Permian Taiyuan Formation of northern China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 303-319

  Shi Jun, Wang ^a   Hilton, Jason ^b   Baolin, Tian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiocarpus; Cathaysian flora; Coal balls; Cordaitales; Ovules; Permian

Indexed keywords

FLORA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN;

CHINA; SHAANXI PROVINCE;

CARDIOCARPUS TUBERCULATUS; CORDAITALES; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0037351135     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00219-1     Document Type: Article

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