Structural, physiological, and stable carbon isotopic evidence that the enigmatic Paleozoic fossil Prototaxites formed from rolled liverwort mats

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-275

  Graham, Linda E ^a   Cook, Martha E ^b   Hanson, David T ^c   Pigg, Kathleen B ^d   Graham, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotope; Liverwort; Marchantia; Marchantioid; Mixotrophy; Prototaxites; Rhizoid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; LIVERWORT; MICROFOSSIL; MIXOTROPHY; PALEOZOIC; PHYSIOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 76349116820     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900322     Document Type: Article

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