A new species of Millerocaulis (Osmundaceae, Filicales) from the Middle Jurassic of China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 249-259

  Cheng, Ye Ming ^a,b,c   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Geological Museum of China   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

anatomy; China; Middle Jurassic; Millerocaulis; Osmundaceae; subgenus Osmunda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PTERIDOPHYTE; RELATEDNESS; TYPE SPECIMEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHANGGAO; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

FILICALES; MILLEROCAULIS; OSMUNDA; OSMUNDACEAE; PLENASIUM;

EID: 33947278420     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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