A new gigantopterid plant with cuticles from the Permian of South China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-48

  Yao, Zhao Qi ^a   Liu, Lu Jun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cuticles; Gigantopteridium marginervum; leaf morphology; palaeoecology; Permian gigantopterids; systematic position

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

FILICOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 3042802229     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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