Paleozoic origin of the cycads /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mamay, Sergius H., 1920- (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1976.
Series:Geological Survey professional paper ; 934.
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Item Description: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."
Physical Description:1 online resource (iii, 48 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46) and index.