Comia, a seed plant possibly of peltaspermous affinity: A brief review of the genus and description of two new species from the Early Permian (Artinskian) of Texas, C. greggii sp. nov. and C. craddockii sp. nov.

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-282

  Mamay, Sergius H ^a   Chaney, Dan S ^a   DiMichele, William A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear fork formation; Comia; Paleobotany; Paleozoic; Peltasperm

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PELTASPERMALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 61849091969     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595294     Document Type: Article

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