Introduction to Plant Fossils

by Barry A. Thomas and Christopher J. Cleal

Book Overview

Plant remains can preserve a critical part of history of life on Earth. While telling the fascinating evolutionary story of plants and vegetation across the last 500 million years, this book also crucially offers non-specialists a practical guide to studying, dealing with and interpreting plant fossils. It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to identify common types, such as compressions and impressions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108705022
• ISBN13: 9781108705028
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 9.7"