Palaeoecological constraints of some Lepidostrobus cones and their parent plants from the Late Palaeozoic continental basins of the Czech Republic

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-89

  Bek, Jiří ^a   Opluštil, Stanislav ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

in situ spores; Lepidodendron; Lepidostrobus; Lycospora; palaeoecology; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STEPHANIA;

EID: 3042723627     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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