Cordaites borassifolius (Sternberg) Unger (Cordaitales) from the Radnice Basin (Bolsovian, Czech Republic)

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-336

  Šimůnek, Zbynêk ^a   Opluštil, Stanislav ^b   Drábková, Jana ^a  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cordaitalean fertile organs; Cordaites; Cuticles; Radnice Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CUTICLE; FERN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLZENSKY; RADNICE;

CORDAITALES; CORDAITES; CORDAITES BORASSIFOLIUS; FLORINITES; HALICHOERES; OVATUS;

EID: 67749135282     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1130     Document Type: Article

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