Rotafolia songziensis gen. et comb. nov., a sphenopsid from the Late Devonian of Hubei, China

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-37

  Wang, De Ming ^a,b   Hao, Shou Gang ^a   Wang, Qi ^c  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Plant fossils; Sphenophyllales; Xiejingsi Formation

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; NEW TAXON;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA; SPHENOPHYLLUM; SPHENOPSIDA;

EID: 18844452167     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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