A new species of Adoketophyton from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) Posongchong Formation of Yunnan, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 238-246

  Zhu, Xiao ^a   Xue, Jin Zhuang ^a   Hao, Shou Gang ^a   Wang, De Ming ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Adoketophyton; Circinate tip; Early Devonian; Fossil plant; Sporophyll; Strobilus

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PRAGIAN; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

ADOKETOPHYTON; ADOKETOPHYTON SUBVERTICILLATUM; PRAGIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952703054     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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