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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706837103321

Autore

Mamay Sergius H. <1920->

Titolo

Paleozoic origin of the cycads / / by Sergius H. Mamay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1976

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 48 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 934

Soggetti

Cycads, Fossil

Paleobotany - Paleozoic

Paleobotany - West (U.S.)

Paleobotany

Paleozoic Geologic Period

Southwest, New

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed October 6, 2014).

"Megasporophylls and associated plant parts from the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian rocks of the southwestern United States are interpreted as a lineage of cycads, derived from the pteridosperms. Cycadean foliage is thought to be derived from Paleozoic taeniopterids."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46) and index.