A new species of Tetraxylopteris (Aneurophytales) from the Devonian of Venezuela

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-303

  Hammond, Susan E ^a   Berry, Christopher M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campo Chico Formation; Gondwana; Palaeogeography; Progymnosperms; Pseudomonopodial branching

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; NEW SPECIES;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RELLIMIA;

EID: 22044433980     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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