Paleobotany : the biology and evolution of fossil plants /
This book provides up-to-date coverage of fossil plants from Precambrian life to flowering plants, including fungi and algae. It begins with a discussion of geologic time, how organisms are preserved in the rock record, and how organisms are studied and interpreted and takes the student through all...
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction to paleobotany, how plant fossils form; Precambrian life - fungi, bacteria, and lichens; Fungi; Algae; Bryophytes; The move to the land- introduction to vascular plant morphology and anatomy; Organography; Early land plants with conducting tissue; Lycophyta; Sphenophytes; Ferns and early fernlike plants; Progymnosperms; Paleozoic seed ferns; Mesozoic seed ferns; Paleozoic and mesozoic foliage; Cycadophytes; Ginkgophytes; Gymnosperms with obscure affinities; Cordaites; Conifers; Flowering plants; Interactions between plants and animals; Appendix 1 - classification of organisms; glossary; bibliography; index.
- Introduction to paleobotany, how fossil plants are formed
- Precambrian life
- Fungi, bacteria, and lichens
- Algae
- Hornworts and bryophytes
- The move to the land
- Introduction to vascular plant morphology and anatomy
- Early land plants with conducting tissue
- Lycophyta
- Sphenophytes
- Ferns and early fernlike plants
- Progymnosperms
- Origin and evolution of the seed habit
- Paleozoic seed ferns
- Mesozoic seed ferns
- Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic foliage
- Cycadophytes
- Ginkgophytes
- Gymnosperms with obscure affinities
- Cordaitales
- Conifers
- Flowering plants
- Interactions between plants and animals.