The Origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences /

The Origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences / edited by Else Marie Friis, William G. Chaloner, and Peter R. Crane. - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1987. - x, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Most of the contributions were presented at a symposium held during the Third International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, in August 1985"--Pref.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction to angiosperms / E.M. Friis, W.G. Chaloner, and P.R. Crane -- The origin of angiosperms / J.A. Doyle and M.J. Donoghue -- Global palaeogeography and palaeoclimate of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary / Judith Totman Parrish -- Mid-Cretaceous to Early Tertiary vegetation and climate / G.R. Upchurch, Jr. and J.A. Wolfe -- Vegetational consequences of angiosperm diversification / P.R. Crane -- Time of appearance of floral features / E.M. Friis and W.L. Crepet -- The evolution of insect pollination in angiosperms / W.L. Crepet and E.M. Friis -- Interactions of angiosperms and herbivorous tetrapods through time / S.L. Wing and B.H. Tiffney -- Dinosaurs and land plants / M.J. Coe ... [et al.] -- Vegetational and mammalian faunal changes in the Early Tertiary of southern England / M.E. Collinson and J.J. Hooker.

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Angiosperms, Fossil--Congresses.
Angiosperms--Congresses.
Paleontology--Congresses.--Cretaceous
Paleontology--Congresses.--Tertiary

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