Auritifolia gen. nov., probable seed plant foliage with comioid affinities from the early Permian of Texas, U.S.A.

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-266

  Chaney, Dan S ^a   Mamay, Sergius H ^c   DiMichele, William A ^a   Kerp, Hans ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Comia; Peltasperm; Permian; Texas

Indexed keywords

FERN; FOLIAGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PERMIAN; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SENESCENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 61849122380     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595293     Document Type: Article

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