A Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri tree preserved in growth position in the Middle Pennsylvanian Sydney Mines Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2009, Pages 74-80

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COASTAL WETLAND; FOSSIL; GROWTH; JUVENILE; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; TREE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

MACRONEUROPTERIS SCHEUCHZERI;

EID: 67649970728     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4138/atlgeol.2009.004     Document Type: Article

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