Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
Description |
x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Note |
"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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
Contents |
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 |
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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. |
Subject |
Angiosperms, Fossil -- Congresses.
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Angiosperms, Fossil. |
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Angiosperms -- Congresses.
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Angiosperms. |
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Paleontology -- Cretaceous -- Congresses.
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Paleontology. |
Chronological Term |
Cretaceous |
Subject |
Paleontology -- Tertiary -- Congresses.
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Chronological Term |
Tertiary |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Friis, Else Marie.
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Chaloner, W. G. (William Gilbert)
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Crane, Peter R.
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International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (3rd : 1985 : University of Sussex)
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ISBN |
052131173X paperback |
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