Studies on the Late Permian permineralized tree fern Psaronius housuoensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, southwest China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 247-263

  D'Rozario, Ashalata ^a   Sun, Bin ^b   Galtier, Jean ^c   Wang, Shi Jun ^b   Guo, Wen Yi ^c,d   Yao, Yi Feng ^b   Li, Cheng Sen ^b  

^a NARASINHA DUTT COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d Xiamen Environmental Protection Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Late Permian; Leaf traces; Marattiales; Psaronius

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COPROLITE; FERN; MITE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEM; TREE RING;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FILICOPHYTA; MARATTIALES; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 78650678654     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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