Trawetsia princetonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Blechnaceae): A permineralized fern from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-719

  Smith, Selena Y ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Nishida, Harufumi ^b   Rothwell, Gar W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blechnaceae; Eocene; Filicales; Fossil fern; Princeton Chert

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FERN; FOSSIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BLECHNACEAE; FILICALES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 33745019134     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501034     Document Type: Article

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