Additional observations on the enigmatic Permian plant Buriadia and implications on early coniferophyte evolution

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 168-178

  Serbet, Rudolph ^a   Escapa, Ignacio ^a,b   Taylor, Thomas N ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^a   Cúneo, N Rubén ^b  

^a Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Buriadia; coniferophyte; Permian

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; POLYMORPHISM; PRESERVATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

BURIADIA; BURIADIA HETEROPHYLLA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77953134757     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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