Fossil Seed from the Miocene Shihti Formation of Taiwan

A compressed fossil seed, described as Carpolithes sp., is found in the coal-bearing Miocene Shihti Formation from the Lifeng coal mine, Sanshia District of the New Taipei City. The fossil is generally rounded with a diameter of ca. 10 mm in lateral view. The anatomical features of the testa epiderm...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Cheng Lin, Andrew Tien-Shun Lin, Shun-Wen Yu, Tai-Ping Liao, Gui-Wen Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2013-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v244-IIp731.pdf