Origin and radiation of the earliest vascular land plants

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5925, 2009, Pages 353-

  Steemans, Philippe ^a   Hérissé, Alain Le ^b   Melvin, John ^c   Miller, Merrell A ^c   Paris, Florentin ^d   Verniers, Jacques ^e   Wellman, Charles H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; FOSSIL; GONDWANA; MIGRATION; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORE; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; MOSS; NONHUMAN; ORDOVICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SILURIAN; SPOROGENESIS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 65249109213     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1169659     Document Type: Article

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8. P.S. is a National Fund for Scientific Research Research Associate. Saudi Aramco provided material for study and publication. Work was undertaken as part of the Commission Internationale de Microflora du Paléozoïque/Saudi Aramco joint project "Understanding the Palaeozoic palynology of Saudi Arabia."