Planatophyton gen. nov., a late Early or Middle Devonian euphyllophyte from Xinjiang, North-West China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 208, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Gerrienne, Philippe ^a   Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^b   Yang, Nan ^c   Steemans, Philippe ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Devonian; Euphyllophyte; Multiveined leaf evolution; Planar lateral branching system; Possible rhizome

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; RHIZOME; SPORE; TAXONOMY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; JIANGXI; XIN RIVER;

EID: 84901983482     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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