Morphological study on the Devonian zosterophyll Serrulacaulis Hueber and Banks: New materials and emendation

Palaeoworld

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-331

  Xu, Hong He ^a,b   Berry, Christopher M ^b   Wang, Yi ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devonian; Hujiersite Formation; Serrulacaulis; Xinjiang; Zosterophyll

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EMERGENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERB; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; JIANGXI; XIN RIVER;

SERRULACAULIS;

EID: 80655127818     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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