Zosterophyllum penhallow around the Silurian-Devonian boundary of northeastern Yunnan, China

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-489

  Hao, Shougang ^a   Xue, Jinzhuang ^a   Liu, Zhenfeng ^a   Wang, Deming ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Early Devonian; Late Silurian; Qujing; Yunnan; Zosterophyllum

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SILURIAN; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QUIJING; YUNNAN;

ZOSTEROPHYLLUM;

EID: 34247622711     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511011     Document Type: Article

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