Morphology and wall ultrastructure of the megaspore Lagenicula (Triletes) variabilis (Winslow, 1962) Arioli et al. (2004) from the Lower Carboniferous of Ohio, USA

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 231-248

  Arioli, Caroline ^a   Wellman, Charles H ^b   Lugardon, Bernard ^c   Servais, Thomas ^a  

^a Univ Lille   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Lower Carboniferous; lycopsid; megaspore; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FERN; MICROFOSSIL; MISSISSIPPIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAGENICULA; LEPIDOCARPACEAE; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; TRILETES;

EID: 33947193064     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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