Palaeophytogeography of Ordovician-Silurian land plants

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 461-476

  Wellman, Charles H ^a   Steemans, Philippe ^b   Vecoli, Marco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d GLTSD Saudi Aramco   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84889643743     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M38.29     Document Type: Article

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