Pachytesta crenulata, a new medullosan ovule from the Pennsylvanian of Iowa

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 283-306

  Raymond, Anne ^a   McCarty, Rachel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medullosa; ovule; Pachytesta; Pennsylvanian; pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MORPHOLOGY; MOSCOVIAN; NEW SPECIES; PENNSYLVANIAN; POLLINATION; SEED;

MEDULLOSA; PALAEONTOGRAPHICA;

EID: 70149102017     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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