Guadalupian (Middle Permian) megaspores from a permineralised peat in the bainmedart coal measures, prince charles mountains, Antarctica

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 140-155

  Slater, Ben J ^a   McLoughlin, Stephen ^b   Hilton, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwana; Lycopsid; Megaspore; Peat; Permian

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; GONDWANA; GRABEN; GUADALUPIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORE; TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTARCTICA; INDIA;

GLOSSOPTERIS; LUNDBLADISPORA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; SINGHISPORITES;

EID: 80052551724     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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