Calamitalean "pith casts" reconsidered

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calamites; Fossil forest; Fossilization; Late Paleozoic; Pith cast; Plant taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; COAL; FACIES; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOBOTANY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PRESERVATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SELF THINNING; TAPHONOMY; XYLEM;

CALAMITES; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 84857380871     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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