New gametophytes from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-428

  Kerp, Hans ^a   Trewin, Nigel H ^b   Hass, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devonian; Laugiophyton; Lyonophyton; Ontogeny; Remyophyton; Rhynia

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; GAMETOPHYTE; PALEOBOTANY;

ABERDEENSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 11944264350     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s026359330000078x     Document Type: Article

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