Plants in Mesozoic time : morphological innovations, phylogeny, ecosystems /

Plants in Mesozoic time : morphological innovations, phylogeny, ecosystems /

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Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
Description:xxvi, 373 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Life of the past
[Life of the past].
Subject:
Paleobotany.
Paleontology -- Mesozoic.
Mesozoic Geologic Period.
Paleobotany.
Paleontology.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8138862
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Other authors / contributors:Gee, Carole T.
ISBN:9780253354563 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253354560 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This volume showcases cutting-edge 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, Mesozoic vegetation, 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 conifers from Early Cretaceous deposits in Texas and Utah." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface, Dedication, and Acknowledgments
  • The Career of Ted Delevoryas: Appreciation and Publications
  • Part 1. Morphological Innovations in Mesozoic Plants
  • 1. Architectural Innovation and Developmental Controls in Some Mesozoic Gymnosperms, or, Why Do The Leaf Crowns in Mesozoic Forests Look Tufted?
  • 2. Modern Traits in Early Mesozoic Sphenophytes: The Equisetum-like Cones of Spaciinodum collinsonii with In Situ Spores and Elaters from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica
  • 3. Pollen and Coprolite Structure in Cycadeoidea (Bennettitales): Implications for Understanding Pollination and Mating Systems in Mesozoic Cycadeoids
  • 4. Independent Evolution of Seed Enclosure in the Bennettitales: Evidence from the Anatomically Preserved Cone Foxeoidea connatum gen. et sp. nov.
  • 5. A Mosaic of Characters in a New Whole-Plant Araucaria, A. delevoryasii Gee sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.
  • 6. Major Innovations in Angiosperm Evolution
  • 7. Implications of Fossil Floral Data on Understanding the Early Evolution of Molecular Developmental Controls of Flowers
  • Part 2. Phylogeny of Mesozoic Plants
  • 8. Late Triassic Ginkgoleans of North America
  • 9. Review of the Cycads and Bennettitaleans from the Mesozoic of Argentina
  • 10. The Bennettitales (Cycadeoidales): A Preliminary Perspective on This Arguably Enigmatic Group
  • 11. Endemism of Early Cretaceous Conifers in Western Gondwana
  • 12. Oldest Known Dicotyledonous Lianas from the Early Late Cretaceous of Utah and New Mexico, U.S.A.
  • Part 3. Ecosystems and Mesozoic Plants
  • 13. Palynological Evidence for Conifer Dominance within a Heterogeneous Landscape in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, U.S.A.
  • 14. Mesozoic Plants and Dinosaur Herbivory
  • Contributors
  • Index
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