A new voltzialean conifer Emporia royalii sp. nov. (Emporiaceae) from the Hamilton Quarry, Kansas

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1201-1227

  Hernandez Castillo, Genaro R ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^b   Mapes, Gene ^c   Rothwell, Gar W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer; Emporiaceae; Evolution; Fossil; Paleozoic; Systematics; Walchian

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY; TRICHOME; TYPE LOCALITY;

HAMILTON COUNTY [KANSAS]; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EMPORIA; EMPORIA LOCKARDII; POTONIEISPORITES; VOLTZIALES;

EID: 73449116406     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605874     Document Type: Article

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