The fossil hunters : in search of ancient plants / Henry N. Andrews.

Author
Andrews, Henry N. (Henry Nathaniel), 1910-2002 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1980.
Description
421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 399-416.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Of mineral leaves and the great flood
    • The eighteenth century
    • Brongniart and Sternberg
    • Paleobotany in Britain: Witham to Scott
    • Paleobotany in Britain: the age of Seward
    • Francis Oliver and the pteridosperms
    • Birbal Sahni and the development of paleobotany in India
    • The early years in North America: Steinhauer to Bunbury
    • North America in mid-century: Lesquereux, Newberry, Dawson
    • North America from the time of Lester Ward
    • Scandinavia and the arctic
    • Paleobotany in central Europe: from Goeppert to Krausel
    • Paleobotany in western Europe: some contributions from France, Belgium, and Holland
    • Fossil botany in the Soviet Union
    • Of seeds and fruits and flowers.
    ISBN
    • 080141248X
    • 9780801412486
    Tech. report no.
    79024101
    LCCN
    79024101
    OCLC
    5676434
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