Introduction To the Study of Palæontological Botany
by John Hutton Balfour
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- Author
- Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884
- Title
- Introduction to the Study of Palæontological Botany
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Paleobotany
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50882
- Release Date
- January 9, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PALÆONTOLOGICAL BOTANY — PREFACE. — TABLE OF CONTENTS. — LIST OF WOODCUTS.
- 2.PALÆONTOLOGICAL BOTANY . — Determination of Fossil Plants. — Mode of Preservation of Fossil Plants. — Examination of the Structure of Fossil Plants. — Fossiliferous Rocks. — Natural Orders to which Fossil Plants belong. — Periods of Vegetation among Fossil Plants.
- 3.FLORA OF THE PRIMARY OR PALÆOZOIC PERIOD. — Reign of Acrogens. — Flora of the Carboniferous Epoch. — Flora of the Permian Epoch.
- 4.FOSSIL FLORA OF THE SECONDARY OR MESOZOIC PERIOD. — Reign of Gymnosperms. — Flora of the Trias and Lias Epochs. — Flora of the Oolitic Epoch. — Flora of the Wealden Epoch.
- 5.FOSSIL FLORA OF THE TERTIARY OR CAINOZOIC PERIOD, — Reign of Angiosperms. — Flora of the Chalk. — Flora of the Eocene Epoch. — Flora of the Miocene Epoch. — Flora of the Pliocene Epoch. — General Conclusions. — Recapitulation. — Works on Fossil Botany. — EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
- 6.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:
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