Frond architecture of two remarkable specimens of the pteridosperm Laveineopteris rarinervis from the Late Carboniferous (early Westphalian D) of Piesberg near Osnabrück (Germany): Morphological implications

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 489-504

  Laveine, Jean Pierre ^a   Kahlert, Eberhardt ^b   Schultka, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cyclopteris; Frond architecture; Laveineopteris; Medullosales; Palaeobotany

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; OSNABRUCK;

CYCLOPTERIDAE; CYCLOPTERIS; LAVEINEOPTERIS; LAVEINEOPTERIS RARINERVIS; MEDULLOSALES; NEUROPTERIS;

EID: 33645314896     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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