New evidence for laurasian corystosperms: Umkomasia from the Upper Triassic of Northern China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 202-207

  Shuqin, Zan ^a   Axsmith, Brian J ^b   Fraser, Nicholas C ^c,e   Fengxiang, Liu ^a   Dehe, Xing ^d  

^a Geological Museum of China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Corystospermales; Laurasia; pteridosperms; Triassic; Umkomasia

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PLANT; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

CORYSTOSPERMALES; UMKOMASIA;

EID: 40849137676     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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