Diversity dynamics of silurian-early carboniferous land plants in South china.

New megafossil and microfossil data indicate four episodes in the diversification of Silurian-Early Carboniferous land plants of South China, a relatively continuous regional record. Plant diversity increased throughout, but the rising curve was punctuated by three major falls. There were peaks of o...

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Main Authors: Conghui Xiong, Deming Wang, Qi Wang, Michael J Benton, Jinzhuang Xue, Meicen Meng, Qi Zhao, Jing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779156?pdf=render