Taxonomic investigations on permineralized conifer woods from the Late Paleozoic Angaran deposits of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China and their palaeoclimatic significance

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 261-285

  Zhang, Wu ^a   Wang, Yongdong ^b   Zheng, Shaolin ^a   Yang, Xiaoju ^b   Li, Yong ^c   Fu, Xiaoping ^c   Li, Nan ^c  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c Shenzhen Fairylake Botanical Garden   (China)

Author keywords

Chapmanoxylon; Fossil woods; Inner Mongolia, China; Late Paleozoic; Sclerospiroxylon; Sinopalaeospiroxylon; Zalesskioxylon

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW TAXON; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARAUCARIOXYLON; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33947126050     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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