Anatomical reinvestigation of Archaeopteris macilenta from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of South China

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 590-597

  Guo, Yun ^a   Wang, De Ming ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Archaeopteris; Late Devonian; Palaeogeography; Progymnosperms; South China

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164159     PISSN: 05291526     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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