Two new Senotheca (Glossopteridales) species from the Sydney Basin, Australia, and a review of the genus

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-151

  McLoughlin, Stephen ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Australia; Fructification; Glossopteris; Gondwana; India; Permian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FERN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; RARITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

GLOSSOPTERIDACEAE; GLOSSOPTERIS;

EID: 84855419727     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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