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The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants
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Second Edition
By
Edith Taylor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Thomas Taylor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Michael Krings, Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie, Germany
Audience
Plant biologists; paleobotanists; botanists; researchers in palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, palaeontology and systematic biology.
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
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Hardbound, 1252 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373972-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-373972-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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