Two species of Haskinsia Grierson & Banks (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of Xinjiang, China, and consideration of their palaeogeographical significance

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-644

  Xu, Hong He ^a   Wang, Yi ^a,b   Berry, Christopher M ^c   Cai, Chong Yang ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy   (China)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil; Kazakhstan plate; Leaf morphology; Phytogeography

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

HASKINSIA; HASKINSIA GRIERSON; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 50849093888     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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