Introduction to Plant Fossils

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Highlights of palaeobotanical study 3. Studying plant fossils 4. Early land plants 5. Lycophytes 6. Sphenophytes 7. Ferns 8. Early Gymnosperms 9. Modern Gymnosperms 10. Angiosperms 11. The history of land vegetation References Index.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2009-10-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.5860/choice.47-5025
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• angiosperms

  plant group

  Flowering plants, representing the most recent major plant group discussed.

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• ferns

  plant group

  A group of spore-bearing vascular plants discussed in the book.

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• gymnosperms

  plant group

  Seed-bearing plants that do not produce flowers, covered as both early and modern forms.

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• land vegetation

  subject

  The historical development of plant life on land as synthesized in the book.

  Aliases: land plants

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• lycophytes

  plant group

  An ancient group of vascular plants covered in the book.

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• palaeobotany

  discipline

  The scientific study of fossil plants.

  Aliases: palaeobotanical study

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• plant fossils

  subject

  Preserved remains of ancient plants studied in palaeobotany.

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• sphenophytes

  plant group

  A group of fossil plants characterized by jointed stems.

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