Eocladoxylon (protopteridium) minutum (Halle) koidzumi from the middle Devonian of Yunnan, China: An early rhacophyton-like plant?

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 551-566

  Berry, Christopher M ^a   Yi, Wang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Devonian; Iridopteridales; Plant fossils; Rhacophyton; Xichong formation

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

CLADOXYLOPSIDA; RHACOPHYTON;

EID: 33745030984     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501234     Document Type: Article

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