Frond architecture of the seed-fern Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri, based on Pennsylvanian specimens from the Northern France coal field

Palaeontographica Abteilung B: Palaeophytologie

Volumn 277, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-41

  Laveine, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Belhis, Amor ^a  

^a UMR CNRS 8014 Paléontologie et Paléogéographie du Paléozoïque ^*  (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Frond; Macroneuropteris; Medullosales; Palaeobotany; Plant

Indexed keywords

FERN; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FILICOPHYTA; MACRONEUROPTERIS SCHEUCHZERI; MEDULLOSALES;

EID: 38949133821     PISSN: 03750299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/palb/277/2007/1     Document Type: Article

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