An Early Cretaceous Ginkgo ovule-bearing organ fossil from Liaoning, Northeast China and its evolutionary implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1774-1776

  Deng, Shenghui ^a   Yang, Xiaoju ^b   Zhou, Zhiyan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 33749373169     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0233     Document Type: Article

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