The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants (eBook)

Nan Crystal Arens (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
443 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-27249-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A dazzlingly illustrated guide to the plant life of the dinosaur age, from intricate ferns to the most majestic megafloraThe Mesozoic was dominated by a spectacular array of flora, from ferns, conifers, and cycads to ginkgos and flowering plants, as well as some enigmatic species with no modern-day descendants. This wide-ranging illustrated guide provides an unparalleled, in-depth look at the era's extraordinary plant life, exploring its natural history, biology, and evolution over a span of 185 million years. Blending the latest discoveries in paleontology with informative profiles of extinct species and their living descendants, The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants is a one-of-a-kind reference to the botanical wonders of the prehistoric world.Features hundreds of breathtaking illustrations, from life studies and scenic landscapes to detailed sketches of representative speciesIntroduces the history of plant paleontology and the dating, geography, and extinction of Mesozoic floraProfiles hundreds of Mesozoic species, tracing the evolutionary relationships of fossil plants with living onesDiscusses photosynthesis, reproduction, growth, climate, plant communication, partnerships with fungi and animals, and conservationReveals how Mesozoic plants evolved in response to predation and changing environmental conditionsJourneys through the forests of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periodsA must-have guide for anyone interested in the lost world of the dinosaurs

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Field Guides
• Illustrationen: Julius Csotonyl, Sante Mazzei, Shuyu Hsu
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Schlagworte: Angiosperm • Angiosperms • Atmosphere • bark • Bearing structures • Bennettitales • Canopy • Carbon dioxide • Carbon dioxide levels • Cells • Central rib • Central vein • Climate • conifers • Conifers cycads • Cretaceous • Cretaceous albian • cretaceous extinction • Cycads • Dinosaurs • Dioxide • Diversity • Egg cell • Evolution • Evolutionary • evolutionary relationships • extinction • extinction event • Fan shaped • Ferns • Flowering Plants • foliage • forest floor • Fossil • Fossil plants • Fossil Record • Ginkgo • ginkgo biloba • Jurassic • Jurassic bajocian • land plants • lobes • lycophytes • Mass extinction • Mesophytic • Mesozoic • Mesozoic plants • origin • ovules • oxygen • Paleobotanists • Permian • Permian Extinction • Petiole • photosynthesis • Photosynthetic • Photosynthetic leaves • Pinnate • plants • Pollen • Pollen cones • Pollen grains • Pollen organs • Pollen sacs • Reproductive structures • sacs • Sediment • Sedimentary rocks • Seed bearing • Seed bearing structure • Seed cones • Seed plants • Seed producing • slender • Spiral • Sporangia • Spore producing • Spores • Tracheids • Triassic • Trunk • Veins • Water conducting • water molecules • Woody • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 0-691-27249-2 / 0691272492
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-27249-8 / 9780691272498