Thalloid carbonaceous incrustations and the asynchronous evolution of embryophyte characters during the Early Paleozoic

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 154-161

  Strother, Paul K ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antithetic theory; Early land plants; Gametophyte; Nematothallus; Silurian; Sporophyte

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN BASIN; BEDDING PLANES; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FOSSIL RECORDS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LAND PLANTS; WELLMAN;

FOULING; TOOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGA; EMBRYO; FOSSIL RECORD; GAMETOPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; PALEOZOIC; PLANT; SILURIAN; SPOROPHYTE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN;

ALGAE; COOKSONIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77955308317     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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