Cryptospores from the Katian (Upper Ordovician) of the Tungus basin: The first evidence for early land plants from the Siberian paleocontinent

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2016, Pages 4-13

  Raevskaya, Elena ^a   Dronov, Andrey ^b,c   Servais, Thomas ^d   Wellman, Charles H ^e  

^a FGUNPP Geologorazvedka   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Univ Lille   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptospore; Katian; Siberian Platform; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SPORE; SUCCESSION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; TUNGUSKA;

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA; DYADOSPORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; TETRAHEDRALETES MEDINENSIS;

EID: 84977876682     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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