Reconsideration of a specimen attributed to Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida) from the Lower Devonian of Sichuan, South China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 331-335

  Xu, Hong He ^a   Wang, Qi ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Devonian; Leclercqia; lycopsid; Protolepidodendrales; South China

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOBOTANY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

LECLERCQIA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; PROTOLEPIDODENDRALES;

EID: 59649097219     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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