An early Carboniferous (Mississippian), Tournaisian, megaspore assemblage from Three Mile Plains, Nova Scotia, Canada

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 219-236

  Glasspool, Ian J ^a   Scott, Andrew C ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Lycopsid; Megaspore; Mississippian; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; SPORE; TOURNAISIAN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS; LAGENICULA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; SETOSISPORITES; SUBLAGENICULA;

EID: 18044381549     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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