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

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Mamay, Sergius H., 1920- author.
Contributor:
Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.
Series:
Geological Survey professional paper ; 934.
Geological Survey professional paper ; 934
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cycads, Fossil.
Paleobotany--Paleozoic.
Paleobotany.
Paleobotany--West (U.S.).
Paleozoic Geologic Period.
West United States.
Genre:
Online resources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (iii, 48 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Distribution:
Washington : United States Government Printing Office
Place of Publication:
Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1976.
Notes:
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."
Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46) and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Mamay, Sergius H., 1920-. Paleozoic origin of the cycads
OCLC:
896810485

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