A review of permineralized seed fern stems of the Upper Paleozoic

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-32

  Dunn, Michael T ^a  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyginopteridaceae; Medullosaceae; Mississippian; Pennsylvanian; Permineralized; Seed ferns

Indexed keywords

FERN; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS;

FILICOPHYTA; LACEYA; LYGINOPTERIDACEAE; TRISTICHIA;

EID: 33646746201     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.919     Document Type: Review

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