An analysis of vegetational change in the Lower Devonian: New data from the Lochkovian of the Welsh Borderland, U.K.

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-54

  Morris, J L ^a   Edwards, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Welsh Basin; Lochkovian; Lower Devonian; Rhyniophytes; Zosterophyllopsida

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL RECORD; LOCAL EXTINCTION; LOCHKOVIAN; PALEOBOTANY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CRASWALL; ENGLAND; HEREFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ZOSTEROPHYLLOPSIDA;

EID: 84911396577     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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