Charophyte algae from the Rhynie chert

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-455

  Kelman, Ruth ^a   Feist, Monique ^b   Trewin, Nigel H ^a   Hass, Hagen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charophyta; Early Devonian; Gyrogonite; Hot springs; Palaeonitella cranii

Indexed keywords

CHAROPHYTE; CHERT; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY;

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

ALGAE; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CORONULA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 11944271017     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000808     Document Type: Article

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