Rolled liverwort mats explain major Prototaxites features: Response to commentaries

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1079-1086

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIVERWORT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOZOIC; PHYSIOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 77954653947     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000172     Document Type: Article

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