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This volume of the GCR series, one of two dealing with palaeobotany, covers the first 200 million years of the history of land plant evolution, as represented by the palaeobotany GCR site network of Great Britain. It demonstrates how the main facets of land plant evolution can be demonstrated at sites in Britain, and how the fossil record can be of value as an evolutionary and environmental indicator of the geological past.
List of contents
Acknowledgements. Access to the countryside. Preface. Introduction. History of research on British plant fossils. Silurian. Devonian. Lower Carboniferous. Upper Carboniferous. Permian. References. Glossary. Index.
Summary
This volume of the GCR series, one of two dealing with palaeobotany, covers the first 200 million years of the history of land plant evolution, as represented by the palaeobotany GCR site network of Great Britain. It demonstrates how the main facets of land plant evolution can be demonstrated at sites in Britain, and how the fossil record can be of value as an evolutionary and environmental indicator of the geological past.
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This beautifully produced book is much more than a catalogue of fossil plants and trees; it vividly documents a journey through Palaeozoic plant cover from the green Cooksonia meadows of the Silurian through the lush canopies of the Devonian and Carboniferous, eventually to the sad poisoned forests of the Permian. Essential reading for anyone involved in palaeobotany from researchers through teachers to students - the information is accessible and readable. Palaeozoic gardening will never be the same. - The Palaeontological Newsletter; It is well produced...the most comprehensive account of British Palaeozoic floras... - Scottish Journal of Geology
