Cleal, C.J. & Thomas, B.A. 1995. Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 9. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 0 412 61090 6. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy
Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain
Contents
Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Preface
Palaeozoic vegetational history
Palaeobotanical problems
The systematics of the Plant Kingdom
The choice of GCR sites
2 History of research on British plant fossils
Silurian
Devonian
Lower Carboniferous
Upper Carboniferous
Permian
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Evidence of pre-Silurian vegetation
Silurian vegetation
Silurian plant fossils in Britain
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Devonian vegetation
Devonian plant fossils in Britain
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Early Carboniferous vegetation
Lower Carboniferous plant fossils in Britain
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Late Carboniferous vegetation
Upper Carboniferous plant fossils in Britain
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Permian vegetation
The Palaeophytic-Mesophytic transition
Permian plant fossils in Britain
Index