Taxonomic revision of the Palaeozoic marattialean fern Acitheca Schimper

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 239-280

  Zodrow, Erwin L ^a   Šimůnek, Zbyněk ^b   Cleal, Christopher J ^c   Bek, Jiří ^d   Pšenička, Josef ^e  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acitheca; epidermis; in situ spores; Marattiales; Permo Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

FERN; FOLIAGE; ONTOGENY; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOZOIC; PALYNOLOGY; STERILITY; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTEROTHECA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; MARATTIALES;

EID: 33645834345     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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