Fossil coniferous wood from the Middle Jurassic of Liaoning Province, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Jiang, Hong En ^a,b   Ferguson, David K ^c   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,d   Cheng, Ye Ming ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^e Geological Museum of China   (China)

Author keywords

fossil wood; Lanqi Formation; Middle Jurassic; palaeoclimate; wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; SILICIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WOOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; SHEBUDAIGOU;

ARAUCARIOPITYS; XENOXYLON;

EID: 43449133257     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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