A new genus of monolete land plant spores from the Ballagan Formation (Tournaisian, Early Carboniferous) of Scotland

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 153-162

  McLean, Duncan ^a   Neves, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballagan formation; Carboniferous; Scotland; Spores; Taxonomy; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; NEW GENUS; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT; SPORE; TAXONOMY; TOURNAISIAN;

MIDLAND VALLEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AURORASPORA MACRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURRICULOMONOLETES ORBIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SCHOPFITES CLAVIGER;

EID: 0142052846     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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