Paleobotany : the biology and evolution of fossil plants /

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Author / Creator:Taylor, Thomas N.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 1230 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Subject:Paleobotany.
Plants, Fossil.
Paléobotanique.
Plantes fossiles.
Paleobotany.
Plants, Fossil.
Paläobotanik
Fossils.
Plants.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196337
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Varying Form of Title:Biology and evolution of fossil plants
Other uniform titles:Taylor, Edith L.
Krings, Michael.
Taylor, Thomas N. Biology and evolution of fossil plants.
ISBN:9780123739728
0123739721
Notes:"Although this book is not technically a second edition, it does include material from The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants by Thomas N. Taylor and Edith L. Taylor (1993)"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1049-1197) and index.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Taylor, Thomas N. Paleobotany. 2nd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2009 9780123739728 0123739721