Faironia difasciculata, a new gymnosperm from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Montagne Noire, France

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 79-92

  Decombeix, Anne Laure ^a   Galtier, Jean ^b   Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

dense wood; Early Carboniferous; early gymnosperm; eustele; Mississippian; permineralised stem; petiole base

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GYMNOSPERM; NEW TAXON; SEED; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; MONTAGNE NOIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ERISTOPHYTON; GYMNOSPERMAE; PITUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33750609612     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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