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Paleobotany  (Second Edition)
The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants

By: E. Taylor, T. Taylor and M. Krings, 2009

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Bibliographic details:
Hardbound, 1252 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373972-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-373972-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

Product Details

    * Hardcover: 1088 pages
    * Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (December 29, 2008)
    * Language: English
    * ISBN-10: 0123739721
    * ISBN-13: 978-0123739728
    * Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 2.1 inches

Table of Contents:
Copyright Page, Page iv
Preface, Page xv
Acknowledgments, Pages xvii-xix
About the Authors, Page xxi
1 - Introduction to Paleobotany, How Fossil Plants are Formed, Pages 1-42
2 - Precambrian Life, Pages 43-70
3 - Fungi, Bacteria, and Lichens, Pages 71-119
4 - Algae, Pages 121-160
5 - Hornworts and Bryophytes, Pages 161-177
6 - The move to the land, Pages 179-199
7 - Introduction to Vascular Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Pages 201-222
8 - Early Land Plants with Conducting Tissue, Pages 223-264
9 - Lycophyta, Pages 265-328
10 - Sphenophytes, Pages 329-382
11 - Ferns and Early Fernlike Plants, Pages 383-478
12 - Progymnosperms, Pages 479-502
13 - Origin and Evolution of The Seed Habit, Pages 503-527
14 - Paleozoic Seed Ferns, Pages 529-619
15 - Mesozoic seed ferns, Pages 621-650
16 - Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Foliage, Pages 651-701
17 - Cycadophytes, Pages 703-741
18 - Ginkgophytes, Pages 743-756
19 - Gymnosperms with obscure affinities, Pages 757-785
20 - Cordaitales, Pages 787-804
21 - Conifers, Pages 805-871
22 - Flowering plants, Pages 873-997
23 - Interactions Between Plants and Animals, Pages 999-1025
Appendix 1 - Classification of organisms, Pages 1027-1030
                                          Pages 1031-1047
References, Pages 1049-1197
Index, Pages 1199-1230

Editorial Reviews:
"A splendid gift for anyone interested in the evolution of terrestrial life. By opening the door to a diversity of ideas, the authors turned what could have been a gaping void into an agenda for many a lab meeting or conference session. Taylor, Taylor, and Krings provide the most accurate, useful, and well-illustrated comprehensive account of fossil plants now in print. Their new edition has caught up with recent discoveries and the progress of thoughts about plant evolution. It points the way toward the most promising avenues for future research."
-SCIENCE

Product Description:
This book provides up-to-date coverage of fossil plants from Precambrian life to flowering plants, including fungi and algae. It begins with a discussion of geologic time, how organisms are preserved in the rock record, and how organisms are studied and interpreted and takes the student through all the relevant uses and interpretations of fossil plant. With new chapters on additional flowering plant families, paleoecology and the structure of ancient plant communities, fossil plants as proxy records for paleoclimate, new methodologies used in phylogenetic reconstruction and the addition of new fossil plant discoveries since 1993, this book provides the most comprehensive account of the geologic history and evolution of microbes, algae, fungi, and plants through time.

* Major revision of a 1993 classic reference

* Lavishly illustrated with 1800 images and user friendly for use by paleobotanists, biologists, geologists and other related scientists

* Includes an expanded glossary with an extensive up-to-date bibliography and a comprehensive index

* Provides extensive coverage of fungi and other microbes, and major groups of land plants both living and extinct