Reconstructed tree fern Alethopteris zeilleri (Carboniferous, Medullosales)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 68-89

  Zodrow, Erwin L ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alethopterid foliage; Carboniferous; Cuticles; Fractals; Fructifications; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

ALETHOPTERID FOILAGE; CARBONIFEROUS; CUTICLES; FRUCTIFICATIONS; TRICHOMES;

FRACTALS; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; CARBONIFEROUS; COAL SEAM; FERN; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL; OPEN PIT MINE; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; TAXONOMY; TREE;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY COALFIELD;

ALETHOPTERIS; FILICOPHYTA; MEDULLOSALES;

EID: 33751502538     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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