An arborescent lycopsid from the Lower Carboniferous Price Formation, southwestern Virginia, USA and the problem of species delimitation

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 132-145

  Gensel, Patricia G ^a   Pigg, Kathleen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborescence; Decortication; Isoetales; Leaf base; Lepidodendropsis; Ligule

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SIZES; LATE DEVONIAN; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PLANT ORGANS; PRICE FORMATION; VIRGINIA;

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ISOETALES; LEPIDODENDROPSIS; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 77955310033     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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