The discovery of whole-plant fossil cycad from the Upper Triassic in western Liaoning and its significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3116-3119

  Wang, Xin ^a   Li, Nan ^b   Wang, Yong Dong ^a   Zheng, Shao Lin ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Fairylake Botanical Garden   (China)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Cycad fossil; Late Triassic; Western Liaoning; Whole plant; Zamiaceae

Indexed keywords

CYCADALES; CYCADOPSIDA; ZAMIACEAE;

EID: 77952879874     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0384-z     Document Type: Article

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