Plants in Mesozoic Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plants in Mesozoic Time write by Carole T. Gee. This book was released on 2010-07-16. Plants in Mesozoic Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plants in Mesozoic Time showcases the latest research of broad botanical and paleontological interest from the world's experts on Mesozoic plant life. Each chapter covers a special aspect of a particular plant group -- ranging from horsetails to ginkgophytes, from cycads to conifers -- and relates it to key innovations in structure, phylogenetic relationships, the Mesozoic flora, or to animals such as plant-eating dinosaurs. The book's geographic scope ranges from Antarctica and Argentina to the western interior of North America, with studies on the reconstruction of the Late Jurassic vegetation of the Morrison Formation and on fossil angiosperm lianas from Late Cretaceous deposits in Utah and New Mexico. The volume also includes cutting-edge studies on the evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo") of Mesozoic forests, the phylogenetic analysis of the still enigmatic bennettitaleans, and the genetic developmental controls of the oldest flowers in the fossil record.
Dinosaur Odyssey
Dinosaur Odyssey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dinosaur Odyssey write by Scott D. Sampson. This book was released on 2011-06-28. Dinosaur Odyssey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."—Philip J. Currie, coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, from the foreword “Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction, climate change, and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment.”—Michael Novacek, author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists, Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences, from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology, in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."—Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs
Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins
Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins write by Norman F. Hughes. This book was released on 1982-01-07. Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The evolutionary origin and early history of the angiosperms (or flowering plants), which are the dominant land plants today, has remained an unsolved problem since the time of Darwin. It has been referred to since those days as an 'abominable mystery', because neither direct ancestor nor an agreed date could be determined. Mr Hughes argues that previous approaches, mostly through botanical theory, have been inadequate and misleading. He suggests that the date is about 110 million years ago (in the Cretaceous period) and there is a good chance of ancestors being found if the correct approach is adopted to the study of other fossil plants of that period. Moreover, the study of plant microfossils in the past twenty years has made feasible a fuller geological study of other fossils. When this book was first published in 1976, several reviewers saw it as a timely book on a controversial subject.
Introduction to Plant Fossils
Introduction to Plant Fossils - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Introduction to Plant Fossils write by Christopher J. Cleal. This book was released on 2019-06-30. Introduction to Plant Fossils available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plant remains can preserve a critical part of history of life on Earth. While telling the fascinating evolutionary story of plants and vegetation across the last 500 million years, this book also crucially offers non-specialists a practical guide to studying, dealing with and interpreting plant fossils. It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to identify common types, such as compressions and impressions. Incorporating the concepts of evolutionary floras, this second edition includes revised data on all main plant groups, the latest approaches to naming plant fossils using fossil-taxa and techniques such as tomography. With extensive illustrations of plant fossils and living plants, the book encourages readers to think of fossils as once-living organisms. It is written for students on introductory or intermediate courses in palaeobotany, palaeontology, plant evolutionary biology and plant science, and for amateurs interested in studying plant fossils.
Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic Flora
Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic Flora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic Flora write by British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. This book was released on 1904. Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic Flora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
