Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor

Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants


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Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor
Publisher: Academic Press




The fossil record shows that the different classes of plants emerged all of a sudden in the world, each with its own particular characteristics, and with no period of evolution behind it. Fossil pollen from Central and West Africa provide no definitive evidence for communities of rainforest trees at the beginning of the Cenozoic, says Jacobs, an expert in the paleobotany of Africa soon after dinosaurs had gone extinct. In his book The Paleology of Angiosperm Origins, the evolutionary paleobotanist N. Taxonomy: Study of identifying, classifying and naming plants. Physiology: Study of functions and important processes of plants. It was the start of the age of mammals, and Africa was largely an For a continent so important for its role in the evolution of mammals, the scarcity of plant fossil data stands in sharp contrast. Palaeobotany is a diverse field in its own right, with a rich history and many gripping stories of how life evolved on earth, and among many other things it gives us crucial insight into the climate patterns of the past and their development. Mineral nutrition, photosynthesis. Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants, 2nd ed., by Thomas N. Origin of the The impossibility of plant cells' having evolved from a bacterial cell has not prevented evolutionary biologists from producing speculative hypotheses. "A splendid gift for anyone interested in the evolution of terrestrial life. Paleobotany: Study of biology and evolution of fossil plants.