Report of Drepanophycus Göppert (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of Xinjiang, China

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 765-772

  Xu, Hong He ^a   Feng, Jing ^a,b   Jiang, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Drepanophycus; Hujiersite; lycopsid; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888328233     PISSN: 05291526     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12043     Document Type: Article

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