Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins: Problems of Mesozoic seed-plant evolution - Couverture rigide

Hughes, Norman F.

 
9780521208093: Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins: Problems of Mesozoic seed-plant evolution
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ISBN 10 : 0521208092 ISBN 13 : 9780521208093
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1976

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1976
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521208092
ISBN 13 
9780521208093
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
249
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9780521287265: Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins: Problems of Mesozoic seed-plant evolution

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ISBN 10 :  052128726X ISBN 13 :  9780521287265
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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