Late Silurian plant microfossil assemblage from Guangyuan, Sichuan, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 153-168

  Yi, Wang ^a,b   Huai Cheng, Zhu ^a,b   Jun, Li ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy   (China)

Author keywords

China; cryptospores; Late Silurian; Sichuan; trilete spores

Indexed keywords

FLORA; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SILURIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGYUAN; SICHUAN; WORLD;

ACRITARCHA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIOPODA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 13244299669     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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