Collinsonites schopfii gen. et sp. nov., a herbaceous lycopsid from the Upper Permian of Antarctica

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 291-297

  Schwendemann, Andrew B ^a   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^a  

^a Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; lycopsids; Mt. Achernar; Permian

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN; STEM;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 71649084789     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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