A new genus of Early Devonian plants with novel strobilar structures and vegetative appendages from the Posongchong Formation of Yunnan, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-82

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

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Bract; Dichotomous appendage; Early Devonian; Fossil plant; Strobilus

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

PRAGIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84855180554     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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