Ningxiaites specialis, a new woody gymnosperm from the uppermost Permian of China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-46

  Feng, Zhuo ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; China; Coprolites; Gymnosperm; Late Permian; Ningxiaites specialis gen. nov. et sp. nov.; Oribatid mites

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; COPROLITE; MITE; PERMIAN; XYLEM;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

ACARI; CONIFEROPHYTA; GINKGOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84862312485     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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