Cupulate seed plants from the Upper Devonian Upper Old Red Sandstone at Taffs Well, South Wales

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 137-151

  Hilton, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cupule; Devonian; Famennian; Glamorgania; gymnosperm; seed; Xenotheca

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DATA SET; DEVONIAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PALEOBOTANY; PHENOTYPE; SANDSTONE;

CARDIFF [WALES]; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

GYMNOSPERMAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33750618028     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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