Mesozoic and Tertiary distributions, and problems of land-plant evolution

Mesozoic and Tertiary distributions, and problems of land-plant evolution

  • Issue Number: SPP12
  • Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
  • Edited By: N. F. Hughes
  • Publication Date: 1973
  • Page(s): 189 - 198
  • Authored By: N. F. Hughes

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Some of the main problems of both gymnosperm and angiosperm distribution from the Mesozoic and Tertiary are re-examined using palaeolatitudes provided from the palaeomagnetic evidence. The general conclusions are most encouraging for palaeobotany in that pre-Eocene extinct plant fossils may be used with much greater confidence as climatic belt indicators.

Citations

HUGHES, N. F. 1973. The biogeography of some Cainozoic Ostracoda. In HUGHES, N. F. (ed.). Organisms and continents through time. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 12, 189–198.