A new species of the sphenopsid stem Arthropitys from Late Permian volcaniclastic sediments of China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-81

  Wang, Shi Jun ^a   Li, Sheng Sheng ^b   Hilton, Jason ^c   Galtier, Jean ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Arthropitys; Calamites; China; Permian; Permineralized; Sphenopsids; Volcaniclastic tuff

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; STEM; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARTHROPITYS; ARTHROPITYS COMMUNIS; ARTHROPITYS HIRMERI; ARTHROPITYS JUNLIANENSIS; ARTHROPITYS LINEATA; CALAMITES; SPHENOPSIDA;

EID: 0346344081     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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