Sphenophyllum (Sphenophyllales) leaves colonized by fungi from the Upper Pennsylvanian Grand-Croix cherts of central France

Zitteliana Reihe A: Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn 51, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-8

  Dotzler, Nora ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^b   Galtier, Jean ^c   Krings, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Chytridiomycota; Fossil fungi; Permineralization; Sphenophytes

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHERT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FUNGUS; LEAF; MICROORGANISM; NUTRITION; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPORE;

FRANCE; LOIRE; PENNSYLVANIA; RHONE-ALPES; SAINT ETIENNE; UNITED STATES;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; EQUISETOPHYTA; FUNGI; SPHENOPHYLLALES; SPHENOPHYLLUM;

EID: 84857917537     PISSN: 1612412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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