Stems with attached Dicroidium leaves from the Ipswich Coal measures, Queensland, Australia

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Anderson, H M ^a,b   Holmes, W B Keith ^c   Fitness, L A ^a  

^a South African National Biodiversity Institute ^*  (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dicroidium leaves; Fossil flora; Ipswich; Stem attachment; Triassic

Indexed keywords

FERN; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; PALEOBOTANY; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; STEM; TRIASSIC; COAL MEASURES; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; AUSTRALASIA;

DICROIDIUM;

EID: 49949114042     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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