A new species of the marattialean fern Scolecopteris (Zenker) Millay from the uppermost Permian of Guizhou Province, south-western China

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-288

  He, Xiao Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Shi Jun ^a   Hilton, Jason ^c   Zhou, Yi Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathaysia; Coal ball; Permineralization; Sporangia; Spores; Synangia; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; FERN; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; MARATTIALES;

EID: 33744754364     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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